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Social and Economic Development in India
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SJSRY belongs to
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urban areas
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SJSRY (Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana) was launched in 1997 to provide employment opportunities and urban amenities to the urban poor. It specifically targets urban areas for poverty alleviation through self-employment and wage employment programs. The scheme replaced earlier urban poverty programs and focused exclusively on cities and towns, not rural or semi-urban regions.