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Indian Government Initiatives

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Indian government initiatives cover national schemes for healthcare, education, rural housing, and cultural conservation. Test takers must understand the objectives and target demographics of various central and state programs. This is a highly scoring area in the general awareness section of SSC, banking, and PSC exams.

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Indian Government Initiatives Questions

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following schemes/ missions was launched to encourage reforms and planned development of certain identified cities in India?

  1. Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme

  2. Indira Awas Yojana

  3. Bharat Nirman

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was a massive city-modernization scheme launched by the Government of India under the Ministry of Urban Development to encourage reforms and fast-track planned development of identified cities.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following is not a social sector programme launched by the Govt of India?

  1. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

  2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  3. Mid Day Meal Scheme

  4. Overseas Indian Citizenship Scheme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, NREGA, and Mid Day Meal are all social sector programmes aimed at education, employment, and nutrition. The Overseas Indian Citizenship Scheme is a policy regarding status and visa privileges for the diaspora, not a social sector welfare programme.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following is a popular woman empowerment programme in India?

  1. ASHA

  2. Swabhiman

  3. Mid Day Meal Scheme

  4. Self-Help Group
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Some of the Initiatives for Women Empowerment are given below:
(i) Swayamsiddha: Formation of self-help groups (SHGs); access to micro-credit and promoting micro-enterprises.
(ii). Swa Shakti: Centrally sponsored scheme since 1998. Aims at enhancing women's access to resources for better quality of life.
(iii). STEP : Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP).
(iv). Swawlamban: To provide training and skills to women to facilitate them to obtain employment or self-employment on a sustainable basis.
(v). Swadhar: Scheme launched in 2001-02 by the Central government to provide holistic and integrated services to a woman in difficult circumstances.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

As per the reports published in newspapers, the Government of India has asked all the states to conduct a 'Social Audit' of each and every work of which of the following schemes?

  1. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

  2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

  3. Indira Aawas Yojana

  4. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) mandates social audits to ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of the works at the Gram Panchayat level.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following is not an economic empowerment scheme launched by the Government of India for the benefit of various sections of society?

  1. STEP

  2. Swayamsidha

  3. KALPANA-1

  4. Swadhar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

STEP, Swayamsidha, and Swadhar are all schemes aimed at the economic or social empowerment of women. KALPANA-1 is India's first dedicated meteorological satellite.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following is implemented in India in all the districts of the country for providing employment for 150 days to those willing to do manual jobs in rural areas?

  1. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

  4. Swam Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) provides guaranteed wage employment to rural households. While the Act guarantees 100 days of employment, some questions may reference extended provisions. PMGSY focuses on rural roads, Bharat Nirman is a umbrella infrastructure package, and SGSY was a self-employment program - none guarantee employment in the same way as MGNREGA.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

The Government of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to which of the following schemes?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme

  2. Rural Health Mission

  3. Indira Awas Yojana

  4. Jeevan Sathi Yojana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

MGNREGA provides direct wage payments to workers, National Rural Health Mission funds healthcare services, and Indira Awas Yojana provides direct financial assistance for housing construction. 'Jeevan Sathi Yojana' appears to be a garbled or fictitious name - there is no central government scheme by this name. There may be confusion with some state-level insurance or small savings programs, but no direct central financial assistance scheme exists with this title.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following programmes was launched to further improve the facilities of irrigation in rural India?

  1. National Social Assistance programme

  2. Construction of Kiosks for the poor

  3. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna

  4. National Watershed Development Programme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The National Watershed Development Programme (NWDPRA) focuses on the development of rainfed areas, which includes improving irrigation facilities and water conservation in rural India.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following is/are the goals of the Bharat Nirman?
A) To bring additional one crore hectare under assured irrigation
B) To provide cooked food to about 12 crore children in their school itself
C) To construct 60 lakh additional houses for the rural poor.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Bharat Nirman had six components: irrigation, roads, housing, water supply, electrification, and rural telephony. Goal A (irrigation) and Goal C (housing) are correct components, while Goal B refers to the Mid Day Meal scheme.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

What is Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?

  1. 100 days manual work of unskilled nature in a financial year to rural adult willing to work but unable to get employment

  2. 120 days skilled work every six month

  3. Work during off seasons to all adult workers

  4. 100 days work to skilled workers

  5. Poverty and Poverty Elimination Schemes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The MGNREGA guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. This is a legal right aimed at enhancing livelihood security in rural areas.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has been renamed as ______.

  1. Rashtriya Grameen Rozgar Yojna

  2. National Rozgar Yojna

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  4. Mahatme Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme was renamed as Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to honor Mahatma Gandhi. Options A, B, and C are incorrect names that do not match the official renamed scheme. Note that Option D has a typo ('Mahatme') but is clearly intended to be the correct answer.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

The Swaran Jayanti Shahar Rozgar Yojana declared in Dec. 97 subsumed which of these poverty eradication schemes?

  1. Urban Basic Service Programme.

  2. Nehru Rozgar Yojana.

  3. Prime Ministers Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication programme.

  4. All the three.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was launched in 1997 by merging three existing urban poverty alleviation schemes: Urban Basic Services for the Poor (UBSP), Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY), and the Prime Minister's Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme (PMIUPEP).

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was introduced to combine ____________.

  1. IRDP and Million Wells Scheme (MWS)

  2. IRDP and Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS)

  3. IRDP and Minimum Wages Act

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched in 1999 by merging the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) and the Million Wells Scheme (MWS), along with other sub-schemes.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana has been restructured as _________.

  1. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana

  2. Jawahar Gramodyoga Yojana

  3. Jawahar Gram Samaj Yojana

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was restructured and renamed as the Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana (JGSY) in 1999 to focus more on rural infrastructure.