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policies and programmes for poverty alleviation

Answer 1

Also targeting poverty is challenging in rural areas due to various geographic and infrastructure limitations. Theprogrammes can be mainly grouped into 1) Wage employment programmes 2) Self-employment programmes 3) Food security programmes 4) Social security programmes 5) Urban poverty alleviation programmes.

Answer 2

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POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND EMPLOYMENT

GENERATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA

The government is following a focused approach through various flagship  schemes in the areas of poverty alleviation and employment generation to achieve  inclusive development.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Work  (MGNREGA)

This flagship programme of the government aims at enhancing livelihood security  of households in rural areas by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed  wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members  volunteer to do unskilled manual work with the stipulation of one-third participation  of women. The MGNREGA provides wage employment while also focusing on  strengthening natural resource management through works that address causes of  chronic poverty like drought, deforestation, and soil erosion and thus encourage  sustainable development.

National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)- Aajeevika

The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)/ NRLM a self-employment  programme implemented since April 1999 aims at lifting the assisted rural poor  families (swarozgaris) above the poverty line by providing them income-generating  assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. The rural poors are  organized into self-help groups (SHGs) and their capacities are built through  training and skill development.

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

The SJSRY launched on 1 December 1997 aims at providing gainful employment  to the urban unemployed and underemployed, by encouraging them to set up self-employment ventures or creating wage employment opportunities.

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