POVERTY AND BACKWARD OF ECONOMY

POVERTY AND BACKWARD OF ECONOMY:

It is only in the second half of twentieth century that poverty and the poor have come to be matters of our concern and obligation. After a long neglect of the poor during the British Rule, the measures adopted after independence signify the recognition of poverty and the social responsibility for alleviating it. How did this happen? What have we done? How far have we done? How far we have succeeded ?