Multiple choice

JNNURM is a programme launched by the Government of India in order to

  1. provide employment to the urban homeless

  2. satisfy infrastructural needs of rural areas

  3. provide low cost food grains to rural poor

  4. improve quality of life and infrastructure in urban cities
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The full form of JNNURM is Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. It was launched in 2006 and aims at creating 'economically productive, efficient, equitable and responsive cities' by a strategy of upgrading the social and economic infrastructure in cities, provision of Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP) and wide-ranging urban sector reforms to strengthen municipal governance in accordance with the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992.

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