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Poverty eradication and women empowerment are the widely discussed topic all over the world. It has been acknowledged in enumerable studies that the social and economic empowerment of women have a significant positive impact on the poverty eradication and economic development of the country. Therefore the government of India has implemented various schemes to reduce poverty, for empowering poor women and to promote gainful employment.  India is the home to above 40 crores of poor did not have incomes to access a consumption basket which defines the poverty line. Of these, 83.36 per cent were in the rural areas.  India is home to 33 per cent of the poor fall below the international poverty line. Such a high incidence of poverty is a matter of concern in view of the fact that poverty eradication has been one of the major objectives of the development planning process.

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Aasaiyan S. (2019). A Study on Women in Poverty Eradication-An Indian Perspective. Thematics Journal of Geography, 8(12), 1238-1245. Retrieved from https://journals.edupub.org/index.php/tjg/article/view/15870