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Poverty — Economics STD 12 Humanities & Commerce — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Humanities & CommerceEconomicsPoverty4 Marks
Question
Explain 'Income and Employment Generation' based strategy for poverty alleviation.
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Answer

While dealing with the 'Income and Employment Generation based strategy policy-makers thought that income and employment for the poor could be raised through the creation of additional assets and by means of work generation.
This could be achieved through specific poverty alleviation programmes, which are based on the perspective of the Five Year Plans.
Expanding self-employment programmes and wage employment programmes, such as Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP), Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and National Food for Work Programme are considered as the major ways of addressing poverty.

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