Match List I with List II
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LIST I Poverty Alleviation programme |
LIST II (Relates to) |
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A Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) |
I. Unskilled manual work for a minimum of 100 days in a year |
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B. Mid day Meal Scheme |
II. Covers destitute poor women and widows |
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C. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) |
III. Self employment programme |
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D. National Social Assistance Programme |
IV. Aims at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
|
LIST I Poverty Alleviation programme |
LIST II (Relates to) |
|
A Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) |
III. Self employment programme |
|
B. Mid day Meal Scheme |
IV. Aims at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor |
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C. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) |
I. Unskilled manual work for a minimum of 100 days in a year |
|
D. National Social Assistance Programme |
II. Covers destitute poor women and widows |
National Social Assistance Programme : Under this programme, elderly people who do not have anyone to take care of them are given pension to sustain themselves. Poor women who are destitute and widows are also covered under this scheme.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) : to provide guaranteed wage employment to every rural household whose adult volunteer is to do unskilled manual work for a minimum of 100 days in a year.