Discuss the various programmes launched in India to reduce poverty
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Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP): ...
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana/Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana: ...
Rural Housing – Indira Awaas Yojana: ...
Food for Work Programme: ...
Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY): ...
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005: ...
National Food for Work Programme
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Followings are the programmes launched in India to
reduce poverty:
(i) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Ad, 2005 This scheme is for rural areas. It aims to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure income security. It also promotes sustainable development because it addresses the cause of draught, deforestation and soil erosion. There is One-third reservation for women in the proposed jobs. The wage rates are different in all states and union territories. It is highest for the workers in Haryana i.e., `281 per day and lowest for the workers in Bihar and Jharkhand i.e., `168 per day.
(ii) Prime Minister Rozgar Yozana (PMRY) : Started in 1993, the programme aims to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns. They are helped in setting up small business and industries.
(iii) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) : Launched in 1995, the programme aims to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas and small towns
(iv) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) : Launched in 1999, the programme aims to assist poor families which come from the above
the poverty line by organising them into self help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.
(v) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yozana (PMGY) : It is launched in 2000. Under the scheme additional central assistance is given to states for basic services such as primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification.
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