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Question No : 22
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
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Question No : 23
Which Committee's recommendations are being followed for estimating Poverty Line in India?

Dutt Committee
Chelliah Committee
Chakravorty Committee
Lakdawala Committee
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Question No : 24
Poverty Gap is :

the difference between poverty line and actual income levels of all those living below that line
gap between the rich and the poor
gap between developed nations and developing nations
gap in infrastructural facilities between developed and developing nations
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Question No : 25
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
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Question No : 26
Swarn Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojna came into being in : [UPPCS 2002]

April 1995
April 1997
April 1999
July 2001
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Question No : 27
Operation Blackboard aims at

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
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Question No : 28
Which among the following is not correct with regard to Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana?
1. The case component of the programme is borne exclusively by the Central Government.
2. Foodgrains are provided free of cost to the States/Union Territories.
Select the answer using the codes given below [NDA 2008]

1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
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