Which of the followings is a target group development programme?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Small Farmers Development Agency
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Target group development programmes are aimed at specific groups of people (like small and marginal farmers, landless labourers, rural poor, etc.).
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The Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) specifically targets small farmers to provide them with support for credit, inputs, and technology to improve productivity.
"In order to arrest the accentuation of regional and social disparties, the Planning Commission introduced the ‘target area’ and target group approaches to planning. Some of the examples of programmes directed towards the development of target areas are Command Area Development Programme, Drought Prone Area Development Programme, Desert Development Programme, Hill Area Development Programme.
The Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA) which are the examples of target group programme."