IIFM,Bhopal, pgdfm12 -14 | Poverty Context in Odisha : Emerging Challenges | Society and Polity Assignment - I | | Submitted to Prof. P.K Biswas 10/29/2012 | | Submitted by Aryasilpa Das Adhikari 1245, Sec- II PGDFM12-14.

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Table of Contents
Poverty Context in Odisha : Emerging Challenges 3 Introduction 3 Poverty in Odisha : Existing Scenario 4 Dimensions of Poverty: 4 Recent development activities aimed at poverty eradication in Odisha: 5 Major challenges faced by the flagship programs and schemes: 6 Possible solution alternatives: 7
References: 8
List of Tables: Table 1 Percentage of poor in Odisha from 1973-2005 4 Table 2 Incidence of Poor and Calorie Poor regionwise 4 Table 3 Regional Disaggregation 5

Poverty Context in Odisha : Emerging Challenges

Introduction

At Stockholm , in 1972, during the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi famously remarked that poverty and unmet human needs are the worst kind of pollution and this holds its relevance in present time as well.
The Planning commissions of India from its 1st Five year Plan to 13th Five year plan has been bringing into a variety of policies, recommendations and strategies through various development activities, to fight this chronic evil of Indian society. Its been a long tiring battle for the people of India, but a lot remains to be achieved. In a recent study in March 2012, the Indian Planning Commission stated that 29 percent of India’s population was poor. These were people who had less than Rs.22.42 (US $0.41) a day if they were living in villages, or Rs. 28.35 (US $0.52) if in a city. The Commission’s happy conclusion was that poverty had fallen from 37 percent since its last measurement in 2004-05. (Shrivastava and Kothari 2012). If even slightly