Which of the following are the government schemes to generate employment and self-employment to support all sections including the marginalised section of the society?
(A) Aatmanirbhar Bharat
(B) Make in India
(C) MUDRA
(D) Fasal Bima Yojana
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
(A) Aatmanirbhar Bharat Correct. It is one of the schemes floated by the Government of India to generate employment and self-employment for all sections, including the SCs, STs and other backward classes.
(B) Make in India Correct. It too is named among these employment and self-employment schemes, seen as a way to put India’s demographic dividend to use.
(C) MUDRA Correct. MUDRA is the third scheme named with them, aimed at self-employment for all sections including the marginalised.
(D) Fasal Bima Yojana Incorrect. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a scheme for farmers. It is one of the schemes meant to help farmers facing debt and natural disasters that ruin their crops, not a scheme to create jobs or self-employment.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.3 How People Find Jobs … Employment opportunities have two important components: (i) job in an organisation as a casual wage labourer or regular salaried (ii) Self-employment Recently the Government of India floated many schemes, such as ‘MUDRA’, ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’ in order to generate employment and self-employment to support all sections including the marginalised section of the society, like SC, ST and other backward classes. These are positive signs for creating economic potential amongst the demographic dividend of India.…” “4.6 Globalisation, Liberalisation, and Rural Society … Suicides of farmers is basically associated with debt, as well as, natural disasters, resulting in the failure of agricutural produce. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Gram Uday se Bharat Uday Abhiyan, National Urban Mission, National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture and Kisan Credit Card, etc., are some of the schemes of the Government of India, which may provide unified help to farmers all over the country. These schemes are also helpful in providing quality life to rural India.…” |