Suppose you are a resident of a village, suggest a few measures to tackle the problem of poverty

Suggestions to remove rural poverty :
(i)Gainful wages and self-employment opportunities for poor class.
(ii) Minimum indirect tax on wage goods consumed by workers and progressive taxation on income and wealth.
(iii) Ceiling on land holdings and surplus landfor landless farmers with required amount of finance.
(iv) Minimum wages should be guaranteed byGovernment to every worker.
(v) Stringent measures against exploitation of child and women labour.
(vi) Adequate expansion of free social service;health and education for rural and urban poor.
(vii) Increased output of wage goods to be made available for the poor at reasonable prices.
(viii) Availability of cheaper credit for poor so as to create self-employment opportunities for them.