Thursday, May 24, 2012

Poverty Eradication Programmes

Today we shall discuss about the Poverty & Poverty Eradication Programs of India. Being bank aspirants, all of us prepare well about Banks, Indian Economy, Famous People, Current Events, Bilateral Issue etc... But often neglect a few areas, "Poverty Eradication Programs" is one among them. According to one of my friends, there is no need to prepare for these type of bits. Just see the options given in the exam and choose the one which is having the name "Indira, Rajeev or Nehru" in it!!! of course, this is also true at a certain extent. But why to take risk? Just spend 10 mins of your time and have a look at the following points.

Below Poverty Line (BPL) : According to the "Task Force on projection of minimum needs and effective consumption demand" appointed by the Planning Commission, a person is BPL if his daily consumption of calories is less than 2400 in Rural Areas and 2100 calories in Urban areas.
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