A source in the Union Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Ministry has said that allocations in the Union Budget for schemes meant for providing shelter, livelihood and basic amenities to slum dwellers and urban poor in the country are "grossly inadequate' and have not made any impact on their lives. At the recent conference of editors on Social Security issues here, the problems of slum dwellers were discussed at length and there was a consensus about addressing issues in a targeted manner. In keeping with the Millennium Development Goal project which calls for the absolute eradication of poverty and hunger in the world and a reduction in the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, the government has listed monitorable targets in its 10th Plan Document to reduce the poverty ratio by five percentage points by 2007 and by 15 percentage points by 212.