Indian Government Initiatives

The Integrated Action Plan (IAP) was launched by the Indian government to address development deficits in Naxal-affected districts, focusing on infrastructure and public service delivery in these conflict-affected areas.

Bharat Nirman, launched in 2005, had six specific components: irrigation (water supply), roads (rural connectivity), housing (for rural poor), water supply (drinking water), electrification (rural electricity), and telephony (rural telecom connectivity). Sanitation was NOT included as a component of the original Bharat Nirman program, though it became part of other rural development initiatives like Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan and later the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Maharashtra became the first state to abolish stamp duty on government securities to promote the debt market and reduce transaction costs. This decision was taken to make Mumbai (the state capital) more attractive for bond trading and strengthen its position as India's financial hub. The move aimed to increase liquidity in the government securities market.

NABARD implements the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY), which was launched in 1999 to provide sustainable income to rural poor through self-employment. SGSY focuses on organizing rural poor into Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and providing them with training, credit, and infrastructure support. The other schemes listed (PMRY, DRIP, REGP) are implemented by different ministries/agencies.

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.

Correct Answer: Prime Minister's Employment Scheme

Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) was announced on 15^th August, 2008 and launched in place of REGP Scheme. PMEGP is a credit-linked subsidy programme launched by Ministry of MSME in 2008-09 for creation of employment in both rural and urban areas of the country.

The Antyodaya Programme, launched on 5th October 1975, was aimed at uplifting the poorest of the poor (Antyodaya means 'rise of the last person'). It focused on improving the condition of the weakest sections of society through employment generation and asset creation. The program was not limited to scheduled castes or urban areas specifically, but targeted all economically vulnerable persons at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Correct Answer: providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line

Option (4) is the correct answer.

Correct answer is (4). 

Correct Answer: Gulzari Lal Nanda

The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is a comprehensive programme to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas with broader goals to eradicate the practice of open defecation. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation governs this programme.

Swayamsidha Scheme was launched in the year 2001 dedicated to women empowerment. It is a Self Help Groups based programme with emphasis on convergence activities. The objective is to ensure that Self Help Group members avail the benefit of all schemes and services in an integrated and holistic manner.

Swabhimaan is a campaign of the Government of India which aims to bring banking services to large rural areas without banking services in the country. It was launched on February 10, 2011. This campaign is to be operated by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA). An initiative which seeks better financial inclusion within India will strive for rolling out banking services in 20,000 villages without banking services with a population of 2000 by March 2012 so as to improve participation of rural folks in different plans launched by the government for them.

Swavalamban ( NORAD) Scheme is being implemented by the Mininstry of Women and Child Development, Government of India with partial assistance from Norway since 1982. Its basic objective is to provide training and skill to women to facilitate them to obtain employment or self-employment on a sustained basis. The target groups under the scheme are the poor and needy women, women from weaker sections of the society, such as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, etc. Financial assistance is provided to undertake training programmes for women in both traditional as well as non-traditional trades.