Question
Download Solution PDFThe Jawahar Rojgar Yojana was launched in 1989 with a motive to ______ .
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is generate wage employment for the needy rural labours.
Key Points
- Under the Wage Employment Programmes, the National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) were started in Sixth and Seventh Plans.
- The NREP and RLEGP were merged in April 1989 under the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY).
- The JRY was meant to generate meaningful employment opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed in rural areas through the creation of economic infrastructure and community and social assets.
Additional Information
- The JRY was revamped from 1st April 1999 and came to be known as Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana (JGSY).
- It now became a programme for the creation of rural economic infrastructure with employment generation as the secondary objective.
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