Subject(s): Poverty -- Government policy -- Public welfare -- Concept of development and early development programs in India -- Poverty and poverty alleviation programs : Various aspects of poverty in India, pilot development project Etawah, CDP, NES, panchayati raj, 20 point economic program, MNP, PMIUPEP -- Development of special problem regions : DPAP, BADP, HADP, DDP, TADP, WVDP, MPLADS -- Development of agriculture and allied occupations : IADP, IAAP, HYVP, MCP, ICDP, SFPP, SFDA, MFALDA -- Irrigation development schemes : GKY, MWS, CADP, MAPP -- Employment generation programs : PIREP, TRYSEM, NREP, RLEGP, JRY, NRY,EAS,KVIC, MMS, SEEUY, SEPUP, SUME, PMRY, SJSRY, SGSY, SGRY, SEMFEX -- Rural infrastructure and development : PMGSY, IRDP, NPBD, SITRA -- Welfare of women children and disadvantaged groups : SCP, SLRS, DWCRA -- Other welfare schemes and conclusion : Antyodaya program, DRI. NSAP