CONTENTS:
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION • Identifying the Poor and Indexing Poverty Q. Who are poor? Classify them according to their identity 1. Poor are those who do not meet their daily needs 2. Poor are those who are socially deprived Explain the term socially deprived'. relatively deprived Q. What are the manifestations of poverty? • World Summit for Social Development: Guidelines for Eradicating Poverty 3. Poor are those who feel Q. What are the Guidelines adopted in eradicating poverty In World Summit, 19957 Q. Write down ten important points in eradicating poverty?
CHAPTER 2 CONCEPT OF POVERTY • Poverty - Absolute and Relative Q. What is poverty? What is difference between absolute and relative poverty? • Culture of Poverty Q. Write short notes on culture of poverty • Natural and Social Poverty Q. Differentiate between natural and social poverty. • Sociological approach • Political approach
CHAPTER 3 IDENTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT
• Poverty Line Q. What is poverty line? • Drawbacks Q. What are draw backs of poverty line? • Historical Background of Poverty Line Q. Briefly discuss about historical background of poverty line CHAPTER
4 THE DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY • Causes of Impoverishment Q. What are determinants of poverty? • Four Phases of Developments Q. What are four phases of developments In eradicating the poverty? Agrarian Reforms Q. What are Agrarian Reforms? Q. What are three policy areas Investigated in anti-poverty programmes?
CHAPTER 5 ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMMES Q. What are the anti-poverty programmes? • NREP (National Rural Employment Programme) Q. What is NREP? • Features Q. What are the features of NREP? • Drawbacks Q. What are drawbacks of NREP? •Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (KLEG) Q. What is RLEGP? • Difference between NREP & RLEGP Q. What is prence between NREP and RLEGP? • Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) Q. What is IRDP? * Drawbacks Q. What are drawbacks of IRDP? • Role of Judiciary Q. According to Bakshi what is role of judiciary in avoiding drawbacks of IRDP? • Law of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 and Poverty Eradication in India • Major Elements of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 Significance of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 • The preferred areas of work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 • Distribution of work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 • Highlights of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 • Charts and Graphs on Rural Employment and Poverty eradication Rural wage employment programmes in India
CHAPTER 6 WOMEN, POVERTY AND LAW • Women and Law Q. What is the role of law on women society? • Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Q. How Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 helps in the benefit of women society? • Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Q. How Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 helps in the benefit of women society? • Family Law Q. What is Family Law? • Special Features of gender discrimination on impoverished women • Impact of sexual harassment on women Q. What are Impacts of sexual harassment? • Police • Need for a Policy on Sexual Harassment • Street Harassment of Women Q. What can a women do in case of Street Harassment? • Law on sexual harassment Q. Explain Law on Sexual Harassment. • Criminal Proceedings * Disciplinary Action * Complaint Mechanism • Complaints Committee • Workers Initiative Awareness • Third Party Harassment • Dowry Death Q. What are provislons of law on offence of dowry death? • Women Problems: Rights & Legal Provisions
CHAPTER 7 CRIMINAL LAW AND THE POOR • General Q. Explain general principles of criminal law in respect of poor. • Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 Q. What is the importance of Introducing Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976? • Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 Q. How civil rights of a person protected in India? • Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Q. What is the role of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956? • Maharashtra Debt Relief Act, 1975 • Housing and Slum Dwellers Protection • Anti-Poor Bias of Criminal Law Q. Criminal Law is for wealthy people only or, for ordinary person also. Comment. • Poor as a Victim of Exploitation of Justice Q. How poor person is a victim of exploltation of justice? Give examples with case law. • Victims of Indebtedness Q. Who are the victims of Indebtedness? • Victims of Bail Justice Q. What is Bail and whether it is in reach of poor victims? • Victims of Prison Injustice Q. Comment on Justice for prisoners/undertrials remaining in jail for several years? • Criminal Proceedings Q. How criminal proceedings are initiated? • Compensation to Victim of Violence Q. Whether any compensation is granted to the victim of violence?
CHAPTER 8 LEGAL SERVICES TO POOR • Define the concept of Legal Aid Q. What is the concept of legal ald? • Need of Legal Aid Q. Why there is need of tegal aid? • Lok Adalat • Growth of Legal Aid Movement in India Q. Comment on the growth of legal ald movement in India? • Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 Q. What is the role and aim of Legal Services Authority Act, 19877 • Shortcomings of Legal Aid Q. What are shortcomings of legal ald? • Bhagwati Committee Report Q. What is the role/aim of Bhagwati Committee Report on Legal Services? • Krishna lyer Committee Report Q. What is the rolelaim of Krishna lyer Committee Report on Legal Services?
CHAPTER 9 THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT • Right to Development Q. What is right to development? • The Nature of the Right to Development • Human Rights and Development of State Q. How does it help the process of development if it Is Identified as a Human Right? • Controversies Regarding the Right to Development Q. What are controversies regarding right to developments? •Theories of Development Q. What are theories of development?
CHAPTER 10 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Sustainable Development Q. What is the role of sustainable development? • Major International Conferences and Conventions Q. Classify the major International conferences and conventions under Law and Poverty? • Important principles Q. What are important principles of right to development?
CHAPTER 11 FIVE-YEAR PLANS AND POVERTY • 1st five-year plan • 2nd five-year plan • 3rd five-year plan Q. Explain the provisions contained in different five-year plans and poverty In India?
4th five-year plan • Sth five-year plan • Rural Labourers •Characteristics Q. Write short note on rural labourers. • Administration, Justice and Lawyering for Poor Q. How far is the administration, justice and lawyering is accessible to poor?
CHAPTER 12 LEGAL SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT ON POVERTY Q. Comment on impact of legal system on poverty. • Jail Solidarity Q. What Is Jail solidarity? • Serving Time in Jail Q. What is Impact of serving in jail? • Peacekeepers Q. Who are peacekeepers? Q. What is the role of peacekeepers? • Guidelines for Peacekeepers Q. What are guidelines for peacekeepers? • Campaigns • Planning a Campaign Q. Write short notes on compaign. • Analysis Step-by-step Escalation in a Non-violent Campaign Q. What are steps of non-violent campaign? • Analysing a Campaign Q. What are procedures of analysing a compaign? Legal System Flow chart SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER - 1 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER - 2 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 3 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 4 • Table of Cases