Employment & Welfare Schemes (Part – V)

Total Questions: 50

1. Which one of the following is not a social security programme? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (c) Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
Solution:Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana, National Health Insurance Scheme and the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008 are programmes for social security, while Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana is an employment generation programme.

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) is a scheme launched by the Government of India for the urban poor with the aim of providing them gainful employment through self-employment and wage employment. The scheme was launched on December 1, 1997.

Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) is a social security scheme launched by the Government of India to provide financial protection against death and disability to unorganised sector workers and rural landless families.

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), also known as the National Health Protection Scheme, is a large-scale health insurance program in India. It aims to provide financial protection for secondary and tertiary healthcare to vulnerable families. The scheme provides a health cover of ₹5,00,000 per family per year for hospitalization expenses.

The Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008, aims to provide social security and welfare to unorganized workers in India. It mandates the government to formulate welfare schemes covering life and disability, health and maternity benefits, old age protection, and other benefits as determined by the Central Government.

2. Which one of the following is not a recent measure for social protection? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

Correct Answer: (b) Skill Development Programme
Solution:Skill Development Programme is related to the occupational Schedule education and training system, while other three schemes in the are the measures of social protection.

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a scheme launched by the Government of India in 2008 to provide health insurance to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Its main goal is to protect BPL families from financial difficulties arising out of hospitalization expenses.

The Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008, aims to provide social security and welfare to unorganized workers in India. It mandates the government to formulate welfare schemes covering life and disability, health and maternity benefits, old age protection, and other benefits as determined by the Central Government.

Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) is a social security scheme launched by the Government of India to provide financial protection against death and disability to unorganised sector workers and rural landless families.

3. Which one of the following statements is not true about Pradhan Mantri Surakhsha Bima Yojna? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (a) It is a personal accident cover
Solution:Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana' (PMSBY) was announced by Finance Minister in Budget Speech of the financial year 2015-16.

Through the Budget Speech 2015, three ambitious social security schemes pertaining to insurance and pension sector, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) were announced to move to- wards creating universal security system.

In particular, PMSBY is aimed at covering the poor and the under-privileged at an highly affordable premium of just Rs. 12 per year. The scheme provides benefit to the age group of the people between 18 to 70 years. Risk coverage under the scheme is Rs. 2 lakh for accidental death and permanent total disability and Rs. 1 lakh for partial disability for one year period stretching from 1 June to 31st May on annual renewal basis.

4. Which of the following is not an Employment Generation and Poverty Alleviation Programme of Government of India? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

Correct Answer: (d) NSSF (National Social Security Fund)
Solution:MGNREGA, NRLM and SJSRY are the employment generation and poverty alleviation programmes of Government of India, while National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was constituted in 2011 with an initial allocation of Rs. 1000 crore for providing social security to the workers in the unorganized sector.
  • MGNREGA is the abbreviation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005.
  • It is a law passed by the Indian government in 2005 that guarantees the "right to work" to rural citizens of India.
  • Under this, the government assures a minimum of 100 days of unskilled manual work to an adult member of an eligible rural household.
  • The main objective of the MGNREGA is to provide employment to rural citizens and improve their economic conditions.
  • Several organizations and people played key roles in championing the cause of the right to work, especially the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), renowned development economist Jean Drèze, and many others.
  • MKSS's initial efforts at organizing workers working on government drought relief programmes spearheaded the way for sustained activism that led
    to the creation of MGNREGA.

5. Choose the incorrect match: [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (d) None of the above
Solution:The correct matches are as follows:

HRIDAY  - Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

SEHAT  -  Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine

AMRUT  - Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

Hence, all the given matches are correct and option (d) is the correct answer.

Note: In option (b), 'Healthcare' word is given instead of 'Health'.

6. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

SchemeAim
(a) UDAYImproving finances of power distribution companies
(b) HRIDAYPreserving and revitalizing heritage cities
(c) AMRUTImproving basic urban infrastructure in cities
(d) Swachh Bharat MissionSafe drinking water
Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitization the Prime Minister had launched the Swacch Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014. It is not related to safe drinking water. Pairs of other options are correctly matched.

7. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims to achieve the target of 'Clean India' by the year: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

Correct Answer: (c) 2019
Solution:Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Mission) started on October 02, 2014. The mission aimed to achieve an 'Open Defecation Free' (ODF) and 'Clean India' by 2 October, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This mission has two components: Rural (Grameen) and Urban (Shahari). Phase 1 of the Swachh Bharat Mission lasted till October, 2019.

8. Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) has been launched in India in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) October, 2014
Solution:Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Mission) started on October 02, 2014. The mission aimed to achieve an 'Open Defecation Free' (ODF) and 'Clean India' by 2 October, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This mission has two components: Rural (Grameen) and Urban (Shahari). Phase 1 of the Swachh Bharat Mission lasted till October, 2019.

9. The second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) is to be implemented during which time period? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (c) 2020-21 to 2024-25
Solution:The Central Government launched the Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) in March, 2020 (w.e.f. from 1 April, 2020), which has a total outlay of Rs. 1,40,881 crore and is aimed at ensuring effective solid and liquid waste management in every panchayat.

It is being implemented in mission mode during the time period from 2020-21 to 2024-25. ODF (Open Defecation Free) Plus activities under Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) will reinforce ODF behaviours and focus on providing interventions for the safe management of solid and liquid waste in villages.

In October 2021, The Union Cabinet approved the Phase II of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban for the period of 2021- 22 to 2025-26. A financial outlay of Rs. 1,41,600 crore has been finalised for SBM-U 2.0.

10. Rural Sanitation Strategy launched by Ministry of Jal Shakti in September, 2019 relates to which of the follow- [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (b) 2019-2029
Solution:On 27th September, 2019, the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, launched the 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029), with focus on sustaining the sanitation behaviour change that has been achieved under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G).

The Ministry of Jal Shakti was established in May 2019 under the Government of India. Two ministries namely the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, as well as the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, were merged together to form the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

The Jal Shakti Ministry focuses on issues such as international and inter-state water disputes, cleaning of the Ganga, its tributaries and sub-tributaries and also aims in providing clean drinking water. The formation of this ministry targets towards the mounting water challenges faced by India over the past few decades.