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National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has been renamed as ______.

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

  1. Rashtriya Grameen Rozgar Yojna

  2. National Rozgar Yojna

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  4. Mahatme Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

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Correct Option: D

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was introduced in ____________.

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

  1. Dec. $2001$

  2. Dec. $2002$

  3. Feb. $2006$

  4. August $1990$

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Correct Option: A

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

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

  1. Urban Basic Service Programme.

  2. Nehru Rozgar Yojana.

  3. Prime Ministers Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication programme.

  4. All the three.

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Correct Option: D

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 _______.

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

  1. higher

  2. lower

  3. equal

  4. increasing at a faster rate.

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Correct Option: A

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

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  1. Pakistan

  2. Malaysia

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. India

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Correct Option: C

The Tenth plan target of creation of employment opportunities _______.

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

  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

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Correct Option: D

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, _______.

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

  1. 2002

  2. 2003

  3. 2004

  4. 2005

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Correct Option: D
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.

PMRY stands for ___________.

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

  1. Prime Minister's Rural Yojana

  2. Post Minister's Rozgar Yojana

  3. Post Minister's Rural Yojana

  4. Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana

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Correct Option: D

MWS means ___________.

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

  1. Most Wells Scheme

  2. Million Wells Suchna

  3. Million Wells Scheme

  4. Million Wanted Scheme

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Correct Option: C

For calculating an unemployment rate for any reference year generally.

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  1. Open unemployment status is taken

  2. Weekly status of unemployment

  3. Daily status of unemployment

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A