Good Governance Model for Poverty Alleviation Programmes in India

Abstract

The present study highlights that if there is Good Governance in the country it prevent ‘unexpected surprised'. A well mechanized participation of good Governance in the poverty Alleviation Programmes can provide the country's sustainable growth, consistency of development, controlled and progress. The poverty alleviations programmes are classified into (i) self-employment programmes; (ii) wage employment programmes; (iii) food security programmes; (iv) Social security programme and (v) urban poverty alleviation programmes. The parameter used for evaluation included utilization of allocated funds, change in poverty level, employment generation and number or proportion of beneficiaries. The paper attempts to go beyond the economic benefit of the programmes and analyzes the social impact of these programmes on the communities where the poor, live and includes that too much of government involvement is actually an impediment. On the other hand, involvement of the community, especially the poor has led to better achievement of the goals of the programmes. Such endeavors not only reduced poverty but also empowered the poor to find their own solutions to their economic problems. There is a need for framing Good Governance in decentralization of the programmes by strengthening the Panchayat Raj institutions as poverty is not merely economic deprivation but also social marginalization that affects the poor most. If there is Good Governance model in the country it prevent ‘unexpected surprised'. A well mechanized participation of good Governance model for the poverty Alleviation Programmes can provide the country's sustainable growth, consistency of development, controlled and progress. The parameter used for evaluation included utilization of authentic identification and model for eradicate and allocated funds, change in poverty level, reservation, employment generation and number or proportion of beneficiaries. The paper attempts to go beyond the economic benefit of the programmes and analyzes the social impact of these programmes on the communities where the poor, live and includes that too much of government involvement is actually an impediment.