Subject(s): Economic assistance -- Rural poor -- Government policy -- Employment -- Anti-Poverty -- Concept and dimension of poverty : Poverty line, Sen's poverty index and traditional head count ration -- Quantitative dimensions of poverty in India : Poverty line and poverty estimates in India, Dandekar and Rath, P.D ojha, P.K Bardhan, B.S Minhas, seventh finance commission, Ahluwalia - world bank study, estimates by planning commission, absolute poverty, cause and dynamics of poverty -- Working of poverty alleviation programs : Poverty alleviation programs an overview , beneficiaries orinted programms, supplementary employment generation program, special area development program- Draught prone areas program -- Working of self employment program (IRDP)- unemployment in India -- Performance of wage employment program: NREP, wage employment program in seventh plan -- Antipoverty programs- important issues : wage employment , self employment, investment, people's participation