Employment and Welfare Schemes (Social Development) Part-III

Total Questions: 50

31. The pilot project for rural development was started in the year: [U.P.P.C.S. (Main) 2013]

Correct Answer: (d) 1948
Solution:The pilot project for rural development (Etawah Pilot Project) was started in September, 1948 in Meheva village (about || miles from Etawah) in UP. Lt. Col. Albert Mayer of USA was the originator of this project. The Government of UP and Point-4 programme of USA provided help for the project.

32. Deen Dayal Gram Jyoti Yojna inaugurated for: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (e) All of the above
Solution:The objective of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojna is to ensure supply of electricity to agricultural and non-agricultural consumers in rural areas, rationally. This scheme was inaugurated in Patna by the Prime Minister on 25 July, 2015. Through this scheme, rural infrastructure like education, health, sanitation, banking etc. will be improved and it will help in rural empowerment. Hence, all the given options are correct.

33. The Employment Guarantee Scheme, a rural work programme, was first started in: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1993]

Correct Answer: (d) Mahrashtra
Solution:As part of 15 Point Programme formulated by the Government of Maharashtra for the development of the State's economy, an Employment Guarantee Scheme was sanctioned under Government Resolution dated 28 March, 1972. The scheme was intended to provide productive employment to the rural population and thereby solve the problem of rural poverty.

34. The Employment Assurance Scheme envisages financial assistance to rural areas for guaranteeing employment to at least: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (c) one man and one woman in a rural family living below (NREP) and Rural Landless Empl the poverty line
Solution:Employment Assurance Schemes (EAS) was launched on 2nd October, 1993 for implementation in 1778 identified backward blocks of different States. Later, the scheme was extended to the remaining blocks of the country in phased manner.

The EAS would be open to all adult rural poor who are in need of wage employment. A maximum of two adults per BPL family (the generally expected number of adults in a family - one man and one woman) would be provided wage employment, when there is demand during lean agricultural season, subject to availability of funds.

35. Which of the following schemes is not for rural development? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]

Correct Answer: (b) CRY
Solution:TRYSEM (Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment) aimed at providing basic technical and entrepreneurial skill training to the rural poor, while JRY (Jawahar Rojgar Yojana) and IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme) schemes were related to rural development. CRY (Child Rights and You) is an Indian NGO that works towards ensuring child rights. Hence, option (b) is not related to rural development.

36. Consider the following Schemes: [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

I. EAS

II. TRYSEM

III. JRY

IV. RLEGP

The correct chronological sequence of the launching of these schemes is:

Correct Answer: (d) II-IV-III-I
Solution:"Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment' (TRYSEM) scheme was started in August, 1979 with an aim of providing training to rural youth of 18 to 35 age group for self employment. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) scheme was started on 15 August, 1983 for providing employment opportunities to the rural landless people.

Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY) were started in April, 1989 with the integration of National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) (JRY-NREP+RLEGP) Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was started on 2nd October, 1993 with an aim of providing employment to rural adults affected from seasonal unemployment.

37. TRYSEM is a programme of: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (a) Rural Development
Solution:Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM) was launched in August, 1979 as a supplementry component of Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP). It was merged in Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SJGSY) in April, 1999.

Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was a rural development program in India launched in April 1999. It aimed to bring families above the poverty line by providing them with income-generating assets through a combination of bank credit and government subsidies.

SGSY focused on organizing the rural poor into Self-Help Groups (SHGs), providing them with training, credit, technology, infrastructure, and marketing support. SGSY was later restructured and renamed as the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), and subsequently as Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).

38. Which one of the following is not a anti-poverty programme? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (d) M.R.T.P.
Solution:Among the given options, MRTP is not an anti-poverty programme. The MRTP (Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices) Act was enacted in 1969 to provide for the control of monopolies and to prohibit monopolistic and restrictive trade practices. RLEGP (Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme), IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme) and NREP (National Rural Employment Programme) were anti-poverty and rural development programmes.

39. The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) has been created under; [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) NABARD
Solution:The Government of India created the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) in NABARD in 1995-96, with an initial corpus of Rs. 2,000 crore. With the allocation of Rs. 40,001.98 crore for 2022-23 under RIDF XXVIII, the cummulative allocation has reached Rs. 4,58,410.71 crore, including Rs. 18,500 crore under Bharat Nirman.)

At present, there are 39 eligible activities under RIDF as approved by the Government of India. The eligible activities are classified under three broad categories i.e. Agriculture and related sector, Social sector, Rural connectivity. Rural water supply, rural roads and rural electrification (for agriculture) are part of these activities while rural industries related activity is not included in it.

40. Which one among the following is not a programme under RIDF? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013, U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl.) (Pre) 2010]

Correct Answer: (d) Rural Industries
Solution:The Government of India created the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) in NABARD in 1995-96, with an initial corpus of Rs. 2,000 crore. With the allocation of Rs. 40,001.98 crore for 2022-23 under RIDF XXVIII, the cummulative allocation has reached Rs. 4,58,410.71 crore, including Rs. 18,500 crore under Bharat Nirman.)

At present, there are 39 eligible activities under RIDF as approved by the Government of India. The eligible activities are classified under three broad categories i.e. Agriculture and related sector, Social sector, Rural connectivity. Rural water supply, rural roads and rural electrification (for agriculture) are part of these activities while rural industries related activity is not included in it.