Mentor’s Comment Define absolute and relative poverty. Give Problems and challenges that current poverty alleviation programmes are facing. List down measures that are required to deal with poverty in the face of new challenges. Answer: Efforts at poverty alleviation have borne fruit in that for the first time since independence, the percentage of absolute poor … Continue reading There should be seismic changes in the way Indian government think about absolute poverty and its alleviation. In this context discuss shortcomings of present poverty alleviation measures. Also suggest what changes should be made to achieve zero poverty.(250 words)