Thoughts on eradicating poverty
Eradication of poverty will of course take a long time but at least we can bring about a change and lessen burdens of poverty by taking a few measures, such as,
1) Reinforcing the established law of two children per couple only by means of strict vigilance teams in the country.
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3) A family with more than two children will be deprived of special medical allowances from the government.
4) A couple with more than two children will be left in the waiting list for getting job anywhere in the country.
5) Youths and unemployed citizens should be given training for growing crops empty the road side (highway) and other such authorized lands.
6) There should be income generating programmes among village people.
7) There should be progressive tax system (for higher income groups) for increasing government funds.
8) Introducing strategic planning for helping distressed women to get employment and to eradicate illiteracy.
Above all, I feel, we, all the citizens should try whole heartedly to improve our standard of living and eradicate poverty by all means. Nothing will help unless we size up our population figure according to the size of our land.