Explain rhe schemes taken by the government to remove poverty
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Swarnajayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana (SGSY) This programme was launched on 1st April, 1999. The objective of this programme is to help rural people to organise themselves into self help groups by the way of promoting enterprises at the village level. This programme helps to exist poor families above the poverty line. In this programme the government provides subsidy and bank credit to the rural people for generating the income. • Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) This programme was launched in 1995. The target of this programme is to provide 25 lakh new jobs to the rural and small towns persons under the Tenth Five Year plan. • PradhanMantriGramodayaYozana (PMGY) This programme was launched in 2000. The objective of this programme to develop standard of living of the rural people by the way of focus in five critical areas i.e primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification. • SampoornaGrameenRojgarYojana (SGRY) This programme was launched in september , 2001.The Employment Assurance Schemes and JGSY would be merged with SGRY.The aim of the programme is to provide wage employment and to create durable community, social and economic assets.