What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme?
Uplift the poor
Uplift the urban poor
Uplift the farmer
Uplift the landless labour
Correct Answer :
A. Uplift the poor
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Consider the following statements: [NDA 2008]
1. Hariyali is a watershed development project sponsored by the Central Government.
2. Hariyali also aims at enabling the urban population to conserve rain water.
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Cyclical unemployment refers to:
seasonal unemployment
disguised unemployment
voluntary unemployment
unemployment during recessionary phase of a trade cycle
Under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (lGNOAPS), the benefits are available to the people having minimum age of ____ [Bank of India PO 2010]
50 years
55 years
65 years
60 years
Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt. of India aims at enhancing the livelihood security of the people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work? [RBI Grade B Officer 2011]
TRYSEM
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Kutir Jyoti Scheme
MNREGA
Which one of the following statements is not correct? [IAS 2004]
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
Consider the following statements:
1. The nation-wide scheme of the National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) is run by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
2. Gurupadswamy Committee dealt with the issues of child labour.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2007]
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
The Govt. of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to which of the following schemes? [SBI Associates Clerk 2011]
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme
Rural Health Mission
Indira Aawas Yojana
Jeevan Sathi Yojana
When the productive capacity of the economic system of a State is inadequate to create sufficient number of jobs, it is called [CDS 2012]
seasonal unemployment
structural unemployment
disguised unemployment
cyclical unemployment
Which of the following is/are correct?
I. Bulk of unemployment in India is in rural areas
II. The disguised unemployment in agricultural sector is perennial
III. Industrialisation has rendered several people job-less in India
I and II
I, II and III
I only
II and III
Disguised unemployment in India is mainly related to :
1. agricultural sector
2. rural area
3. factory sector
4. urban area
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 4
3 and 4
The Food For Work programme was renamed as:
Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)
National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)
Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)
India's wage policy is based on : [Railways 1994]
cost of living
standard of living
productivity
None of the above
For which one of the following purposes, the Government has launched the Rajiv Awas Yojana? [Punjab & Sindh Bank 2011]
To provide affordable houses to people living BPL
To provide affordable houses to rural poor
To provide affordable houses to slum dwellers and the urban poor
None of the above
Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana aims at:
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
Poverty in less developed countries is largely due to [CPO SI 2010]
voluntary idleness
income inequality
lack of cultural activities
lack of intelligence of the people
The strategic aim of IRDP is :
to reduce unemployment
to provide the required inputs for increasing agricultural productivity
to provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional rate of interest
none of these
What is the minimum calorie intake decided by the Planning Commission for rural and urban areas, respectively ?
2400 and 2100
2100and 2400
2400 and 2200
2100 and 2200
Unemployment which occurs when workers move from one job to another job is known as : [IAS 1992]
seasonal unemployment
frictional unemployment
cyclical unemployment
technological unemployment
As per latest data in urban areas women employment is highest in which of the following industries areas? [UBI PO 2010]
Private households
Textiles
Apparel
Retail Trade
In India, present trend of rapid urbanisation is due to:
lack of employment opportunities in rural areas
influence of cinema and electronic media
break up of joint family system
abolition of zamindari system
Which of the following is NOT an economic empowerment scheme launched by the Govt. of India for the benefit of various sections of society? [Punjab & Sindh Bank 2011]
STEP
Swayamsidha
KALPANA-1
All of these
Consider the following statements in respect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 :
1. Under the provisions of the Act, 100 days of employment in a year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work has become a fundamental right.
2. Under the provisions of the Act, women are to get priority to the extent that one-half of persons who are given employment are women who have asked for work.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2006]
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 and 2
With reference to the government's welfare schemes, consider the following statements:
1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs. 2 per kg for wheat and Rs.3 per kg for rice.
2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs. 75 per month as Central Pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Governments.
3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per below Poverty Line family per month, at less than half the economic cost.
Which of these statements are correct? [IAS 2003]
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 3
1, 2 and 3
Which of the following is the amount of Insurance cover provided to the workers of the unorganized sector under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana ? [Corporation Bank PO 2011]
Rs. 10,0007
Rs. 20,0007
Rs. 30,0007
Rs. 40,0007
Consider the following statements:
Regional disparities in India are high and have been rising in recent years because:
1. There is persistent investment over time only in Select locales
2. Some areas are agro climatically less conducive to development
3. Some are as continue to face little or no aqrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and economic opportunities
4. Some areas have faced continuous political instability.
Which of the above statements are correct?
1, 2 and 3
1, 2 and 4
1, 3 and 4
2, 3 and 4
What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme?
Uplift the poor
Uplift the urban poor
Uplift the farmer
Uplift the landless labour
The 'Slack Season' in the Indian Economy is:
March - April
Sept. - Dec.
Jan. - June
Feb. April
One of the reasons for India's occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that: [IAS 1995]
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
Which one of the following is a revamp of the Integrated Rural Development Programme?
Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
Community-based Pro-poor Initiative
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
National Social Assistance Programme
Swarn Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojna came into being in : [UPPCS 2002]
April 1995
April 1997
April 1999
July 2001