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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

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was introduced in ____________.

  1. Dec. $2001$

  2. Dec. $2002$

  3. Feb. $2006$

  4. August $1990$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) was launched by the Government of India in December 2001 to provide shelter or upgrade existing shelters for people living below the poverty line in urban slums.

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

As compared to developing courtiers, the dependency rate in India (i.e. percentage of population below 15 years and above 64 years of age) is _______.

  1. higher

  2. lower

  3. equal

  4. increasing at a faster rate.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

India has a higher dependency ratio compared to many developed countries because a larger portion of the population falls into the dependent age groups (under 15 and over 64) relative to the working-age population.

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

Among the following countries unemployment rate is highest in which country?

  1. Pakistan

  2. Malaysia

  3. Sri Lanka

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

Historically, among the listed South Asian countries, Sri Lanka has often reported higher unemployment rates due to structural issues in its labor market compared to the others.

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

The Tenth plan target of creation of employment opportunities _______.

  1. was achieved by a high margin

  2. was achieved by a low margin

  3. was missed by a high margin

  4. was missed by a low margin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-2007) set ambitious targets for employment generation, but the actual achievement fell short of these targets, though not by an extreme margin.

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

In rainfed areas, it is necessary to increase water use efficiency for optimum utilization of available water and to stabilize production for which a new centrally sponsored scheme "Micro-irrigation" was approved in December, _______.

  1. 2002

  2. 2003

  3. 2004

  4. 2005
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In rainfed areas, it is necessary to increase water use efficiency for optimum utilization of available water and to stabilize production for which a new centrally sponsored scheme "Micro-irrigation" was approved in December, 2005. In this way, irrigation facilities in India can be improved. As a result, agricultural production also increases.

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

PMRY stands for ___________.

  1. Prime Minister's Rural Yojana

  2. Post Minister's Rozgar Yojana

  3. Post Minister's Rural Yojana

  4. Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

PMRY stands for Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana, a scheme launched in 1993 to provide self-employment opportunities to educated unemployed youth.

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

MWS means ___________.

  1. Most Wells Scheme

  2. Million Wells Suchna

  3. Million Wells Scheme

  4. Million Wanted Scheme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Million Wells Scheme (MWS) was a rural development program in India that aimed to provide open irrigation wells to small and marginal farmers.

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

For calculating an unemployment rate for any reference year generally.

  1. Open unemployment status is taken

  2. Weekly status of unemployment

  3. Daily status of unemployment

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

Open unemployment status (or Usual Principal Status) is the most common metric used for calculating the unemployment rate in India, as it measures the status of a person over a long reference period of one year.