Question 14 Marks
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantec Act, 2005 aims to provide
100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure livelihood security in rural areas. It also aimed at sustainable development to address the cause of drought, deforestation and soil erosion. One-third of the proposed jobs have been reserved for women. Prime Minister Rozgar Yozana is another scheme which was started in 1993. The aim of the programme is 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. Rural Employment Generation Programme was launched in 1995. The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas and small towns. A target for creating 25 lakh new jobs has been set for the programme under the Tenth Five Year plan. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in 1999. The programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into self help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. Under the Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yozana launched in 2000, additional central assistance is given to states for basic services such as primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification. The results of these programmes have been mixed. One of the major reasons for less effectiveness is the lack of proper implementation and right targeting. Moreover, there has been a lot of overlapping of schemes. Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes are not fully reached to the deserving poor, Therefore, the major emphasis in recent years is on proper monitoring of all the poverty alleviation programmes.
i. Explain any one cause for the less effectiveness of poverty alleviation programmes? (1)
ii. Explain any two features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantec Act 2005? (1)
iii. What objectives did SGSY have? (2)
100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure livelihood security in rural areas. It also aimed at sustainable development to address the cause of drought, deforestation and soil erosion. One-third of the proposed jobs have been reserved for women. Prime Minister Rozgar Yozana is another scheme which was started in 1993. The aim of the programme is 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. Rural Employment Generation Programme was launched in 1995. The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas and small towns. A target for creating 25 lakh new jobs has been set for the programme under the Tenth Five Year plan. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in 1999. The programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into self help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. Under the Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yozana launched in 2000, additional central assistance is given to states for basic services such as primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification. The results of these programmes have been mixed. One of the major reasons for less effectiveness is the lack of proper implementation and right targeting. Moreover, there has been a lot of overlapping of schemes. Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes are not fully reached to the deserving poor, Therefore, the major emphasis in recent years is on proper monitoring of all the poverty alleviation programmes.
i. Explain any one cause for the less effectiveness of poverty alleviation programmes? (1)
ii. Explain any two features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantec Act 2005? (1)
iii. What objectives did SGSY have? (2)
Answer
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i. It is due to a lack of proper implementation and the right targeting.
ii. There also has been a lot of overlapping of schemes.
iii. Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes have not fully reached the poor.
ii. Any two points
1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 aims to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure livelihood security in rural areas.
2. It also aimed at sustainable development to address the cause of drought, deforestation, and soil crosion.
3. One-third of the proposed jobs have been reserved for women.
iii. The Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in 1999. It aims at bringing up the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organizing them into self-help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.
i. It is due to a lack of proper implementation and the right targeting.
ii. There also has been a lot of overlapping of schemes.
iii. Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes have not fully reached the poor.
ii. Any two points
1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 aims to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure livelihood security in rural areas.
2. It also aimed at sustainable development to address the cause of drought, deforestation, and soil crosion.
3. One-third of the proposed jobs have been reserved for women.
iii. The Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in 1999. It aims at bringing up the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organizing them into self-help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.