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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following is NOT a poverty alleviation programme in India?
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- Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is not a poverty alleviation programme; it is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at providing strategic funding to higher educational institutions throughout the country.
- Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) is a poverty alleviation programme aimed at providing self-employment opportunities to educated unemployed youth.
- Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) is a poverty alleviation programme aimed at providing gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed through self-employment or wage employment.
- Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) is a poverty alleviation programme aimed at providing opportunities for self-employment to the rural poor.
Additional Information
- The Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) was launched in 2013 and aims to improve the overall quality of existing state higher educational institutions by ensuring their conformity to prescribed norms and standards.
- The Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was launched in 1993 to provide sustainable self-employment opportunities to a million educated unemployed youth in the country.
- The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was launched in 1997 by the Government of India to address urban poverty through gainful employment.
- The Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) was launched in 1978 and aimed at providing assistance to the rural poor in the form of subsidies and bank credit for productive employment opportunities.
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