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Is Our Benevolence and Charity Enough to End Poverty?

The problem of poverty has become so deep-seated in India that we still cannot fathom how long it would take for us to overcome this situation that has plagued the nation for decades. We have come a long way from having a huge count of 270 million poor back in 2005-06 until the recent better result that shows 70.6 million number of poor in 2018. Progress has definitely been observed in India which enunciates that whatever measures have been taken up by NGO Foundations and the government should be perfectly continued to fully eradicate the poverty situation from the country. But, even after such a struggle with poverty, it is still existent with 22% of our entire population residing below the poverty line. Thus there is a realization:   being philanthropic and doing a bit of charity is not going to solve the problem from its root. The Indian government in collaboration with NGOs in Delhi , Mumbai & other major cities have built momentum over the sustainable de