productivity in agriculture has been high enough to induce people to stay with agriculture
people are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for economic development
investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
ceilings on land holdings have enabled more people to- own land and hence their preference to stay with agriculture
B. people are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for economic development
choice of a heavy industry model for economic development
low levels of technological development in the country
heavy pressure of population along with slow implementation of land reforms
high illiteracy rate
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Development and Welfare of Catchment Rural Areas
Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas
Direct Welfare of Children in Rural Areas
All of the above
poverty in terms of absolute number of people
poverty in terms of the basic minimum calorie requirements
poverty in terms of the prevailing price level
poverty in terms of the absolute level of unemployment
structural
frictional
cyclical
disguised
50 years
55 years
65 years
60 years
Dutt Committee
Chelliah Committee
Chakravorty Committee
Lakdawala Committee
seasonal unemployment
structural unemployment
disguised unemployment
cyclical unemployment
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa
Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, the families Below Poverty Line are provided 50 kg. of food grains per month per family at subsidised price
Under Annapurna Scheme, indigent senior citizens of 65 years of age or above eligible for National Old Age Pension but not getting pension can get 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has scheme in which indigent people living in welfare institutions like orphanges are given 15 kg of food grains per person per month at BPL rates
Ministry of Human Resource Development gives financial support to Mid-Day Meal Scheme for the benefit of class I to V students in Government or Government aided Schools
provide means for greater mechanization of agriculture
improve the living condition of the poor and also promote their education and health
provide necessary resources by way of refinance to primary lenders
None of these
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
promoting adult literacy
providing education to urban slum dwellers
opening of new schools specially for female children
providing primary education in an educationally backward area
TRYSEM
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Kutir Jyoti Scheme
MNREGA
1, 2 and 3
1, 2 and 4
1, 3 and 4
2, 3 and 4
lack of employment opportunities in rural areas
influence of cinema and electronic media
break up of joint family system
abolition of zamindari system
meeting rural needs like Primary education; health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads
alleviating poverty micro-enterprises
generating employment in the rural areas
strengthening the Panchayati Raj System in rural areas
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 or 2
2400 and 2100
2100and 2400
2400 and 2200
2100 and 2200
they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket
they get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year
they belong to agricultural labourer household and the scheduled caste/tribe social group
their daily wages fall below the prescribed minimum wages
STEP
Swayamsidha
KALPANA-1
All of these
Uplift the poor
Uplift the urban poor
Uplift the farmer
Uplift the landless labour
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 and 2
Rs. 10,0007
Rs. 20,0007
Rs. 30,0007
Rs. 40,0007
April 1995
April 1997
April 1999
July 2001
Primary school teacher
Employee of Sugar Factory
Textile Mazdoor
Rickshaw Puller
Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)
National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)
Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)
Private households
Textiles
Apparel
Retail Trade
Adult members of only the scheduled Caste and scheduled tribe households
Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households
Adult members of households of all backward communities
Adult members of any household
switch over from one job to another
lack of effective demand
seasonal factors
lack of complementary factors of production