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Role of Panchayati Raj Institution in Eradication of Poverty: A Case Study from Kamrup District, Assam (India)

Niha Dutta1 * , Jonamani Deka2 and Meghna Mazumdar2

1 Department of Geography, Cotton University, Assam India

2 Department of Geography, Gauhati University, Assam India

Corresponding author Email: nihadutta370@gmail.com

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.18.1.30

In order to build a more flourishing, identical and secure world by 2030 Seventeen Global Goals has been put forwarded by the United Nations in the year 2015. Among these 17 goals one of the goals is focused on poverty eradication from global society. This is very crucial for society as various socio-economic problems are directly or indirectly linked up with this social phenomenon. In the particular case of India, during the last two decades, the national authorities have implemented several poverty alleviation programs among the poor. The objective of these programs is to improve their standard of living. For this purpose, constitutionally sanctioned local govt. system i.e. Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) is a crucial driving force for visioning, planning, developing implementation and monitoring the various govt. welfare schemes at the grassroots level. The current study is focused on the roles that play by PRI in achieving the first goal of SDGs in a village from the influence zone of Assam’s capital city Guwahati through case study. For that both primary and secondary data base are used to draw the conclusion. Along with the govt.’s efforts it’s the duty of local people also to cooperate in implementing and proper maintenance of the various poverty alleviation schemes in the study area.

Program implementation; Poverty eradication; Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI); Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Dutta N, Deka J, Mazumdar M. Role of Panchayati Raj Institution in Eradication of Poverty: A Case Study from Kamrup District, Assam (India). Curr World Environ 2023;18(1). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.18.1.30

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