Zero Poverty Program
| Zero Poverty Program (ZPP) | |
|---|---|
| Jīrō Pôvarṭī Abhiyāna | |
 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Established | 2 October 2024[1] |
| Website | Zero Poverty Program |
Zero Poverty Program is an initiative by the Government of Uttar Pradesh that was initiated on 2 October 2024.[2] It was announced by the chief minister Yogi Adityanath on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.[3]
The aim behind the program is to use the Direct Benefit Transfer initiative as a means to eradicate poverty by delivering government schemes from different departments to the identified families.[4]
Background
[edit]Uttar Pradesh has one of the highest poverty rates in India, ranked 25th out of 28 states in 2023 in terms of multidimensional poverty by the NITI Aayog.[5] From 2018 to 2023, the state had the 3.44 crore people exiting multidimensional poverty, the highest in the country.[6] Former chief minister Mayawati cited poverty as one of the major issues that the state currently suffers from.[7]
On 2 October 2024, on the day of Gandhi Jayanti, chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched the Zero Poverty Program,[8] with the aim to eradicate poverty in the state within one year.[9] The initiative aimed to survey the households suffering from poverty on a rural level on two levels: One for the , and one for the widows, devoid of help from the government, heads of families, differently-abled and sick.[10]
Initiatives
[edit]In February 2025, the Uttar Pradesh government announced the allocation of ₹250 crore (US$29 million) towards the scheme, to ensure adequate availability of food and clothing, education, medicine, housing facilities and sustainable income to poor families.[11] The government aimed to use Direct Benefit Transfer as a means to avoid corruption in the transfer of payment.[12]
Website
[edit]The website, zero-poverty.in, was launched as a compilation of subdomains of departments and autonomous units working on the initiative.[13]
Rishta
[edit]Rishta is a mobile app launched by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on the day the initiative was launched by Livelihood Mission under the rural development department. The app provides a platform to monitor all processes with details related to financial transactions.[14] The app shall also display detailed information on the poorest families identified by the mission's digital platform, allowing for an easy Direct Benefit Transfer.[4]
See also
[edit]- Fome Zero, a similar initiative taken by the Federal government of Brazil in 2003
- Targeted Poverty Alleviation, an anti-poverty campaign in China
References
[edit]- ^ "Yogi pledges to make UP India's first 'zero poverty' state". Hindustan Times. 2024-10-02. Archived from the original on 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "How CM Yogi Adityanath plans to make Uttar Pradesh India's 'first zero poverty state' - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "Yogi pledges to make UP India's first 'zero poverty' state". Hindustan Times. 2024-10-02. Archived from the original on 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ a b "'Zero poverty': UP starts identification of families to be brought into mainstream". The Times of India. 2024-10-07. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY IN INDIA SINCE 2005-06" (PDF). Niti Aayog. 1 January 2024.
- ^ Ranjan, Rahul. "In National Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2023, Bihar recorded the steepest decline in number of MPI poor". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "Inflation, poverty, unemployment among major issues in UP: Mayawati". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "गांधी जयंती: प्रदेश में शुरू हुआ जीरो पॉवर्टी अभियान, हर गांव में चिह्नित किए जाएंगे सबसे निर्धन 10 से 25 परिवार". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh targets to achieve 'Zero Poverty' status in one year". The Times of India. 2024-10-03. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ Kunj, Shrishti (5 October 2024). "गरीबों का सर्वे करेगी योगी सकरार, जीरो पावर्टी की मुहिम के तहत करेगी निर्धनताका आकलन". Hindustan.
- ^ "UP Budget: In new schemes, target zero poverty, clean air". The Indian Express. 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "जीरो पावर्टी अभियान के लिए डिजिटल तकनीक का होगा उपयोग". Hindustan. 6 October 2024.
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- ^ "UP prioritizes digital tech to realize 'Zero Poverty' vision". Hindustan Times. 7 October 2024.
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