UPSC Economics Poverty as a Challenge / एक चुनौती के रूप में गरीबी Question Bank Planning, Unemployment and Poverty in India

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    Consider the following statements :
    (1) MNREGA was launched in the 11th five year plan.
    (2) Indira Awas Yojana was launched in the 9th Five Year Plan.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    A) Only 1              

    B)        Only 2

    C) Both 1 and 2

    D)        Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) is an Indian law that aims to guarantee the ?right to work? and ensures livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. MNREGA was launched in 200 select districts in 2006. However Indira Awas Yojana was lauched in the 9th Five Year Plan to provide housing for the rural poor in India.


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