Block Administration and poverty alleviation programmes in Odisha a study of the district of Jagatsinghpur

Abstract

The problem of poverty and alleviation of poverty has been an unending and crucial one in most of the developing nation of the world. While India is celebrating Amrit Mahatsav on the occasion of 75 years of its freedom, the problem of poverty has not been fully addressed in spite of implementation of various poverty alleviation schemes and programmes. Some works have been made by scholars and economists, planners and policy maker on this chronic problem on the causes and strategy. But a few attempts have been the on the role of Block Administration in poverty alleviation. newlineThe study clearly shows the limitation of the prevailing projects on poverty eradication which besides lacking a correct approach to not ensure substantive involvement of the local people in the process of planning, implementation and monitoring a programmes and policies. In rural India across to land is key to socio-economic political upliftment of poor. This has to be part of a package that improves the quality of natural resources as well as the human resources for securing the basic human rights livelihood and social justice. This structural condition can be created only when local people themselves take political incentives through innovative political organisation. Instead of retreating from the welfare function the democratic state has to play a positive role in the task of poverty eradication. newline