Since last three decades the major objective of policy makers is to remove poverty from India. Many programmes and policies were started at the grass root level. But results were not very encouraging. After liberalization India's GDP growth witnessed an encouraging change. It was hoped that it...

It is observed from the above analyses that there is a mismatch between income and expenditure for sample Gram Panchayats in District Jind. Shamlat land and PRIs grant are two main sources of income for Gram Panchayats. 77.22 percent of total income is received from these two sources of income....

Rural Development is the one of the major objectives of the socio-economic programmes implemented by the Central and State governments in India. Some of the programmes are very much target oriented and playing vital role in this area. MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee...

In this paper we have made an attempt to highlight the poverty situation in India in comparison with the rest of the world since its independence. The Indian government has been serious about the poverty alleviation at the ‘Bottom of pyramids' (BOP) and continuously designing the strategies...