The three dimensional approach of economic growth, employment generation and alleviating poverty could not achieve the desired result. Although there has been a reduction in the percentage of absolute poverty in some of the states, the poor people lack basic amenities, literacy and nourishment.
This is because of:
Unequal distribution of land and other assets among rich and poor farmers.
Improper implementation of poverty alleviation programmes by ill-motivated and inadequately trained bureaucrats further worsened the situation.
Corruption along with inclination towards interest of elites led to an efficient and misallocation of scarce resources.