(i) This scheme is known as the National Food for work programme, launched in 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country. (ii) The programme is open to all rural people who are in need of wage employment and desire to do manual unskilled work. (iii) It is implemented as a 100 per cent centraRead more
(i) This scheme is known as the National Food for work programme, launched in 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country.
(ii) The programme is open to all rural people who are in need of wage employment and desire to do manual unskilled work.
(iii) It is implemented as a 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme and food grains are provided free of cost to the states.
(i) MGNREGA 2005 was passed in September 2005. (ii) The act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts. (iii) Later, the scheme will be extended to 600 districts. One-third of the jobs could be reserved for women. If government failed to provide employmRead more
(i) MGNREGA 2005 was passed in September 2005.
(ii) The act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts.
(iii) Later, the scheme will be extended to 600 districts. One-third of the jobs could be reserved for women.
If government failed to provide employment, the salary for 100 days would be given.
(i) This would be possible due to higher growth in income. (ii) Universal free elementary education would make people literate and enable them to earn. (iii) Increasing empowerment of the women and the economically weaker sections of society.
(i) This would be possible due to higher growth in income.
(ii) Universal free elementary education would make people literate and enable them to earn.
(iii) Increasing empowerment of the women and the economically weaker sections of society.
(i) Wide disparities in poverty are visible between rural and urban areas and among different states. (ii) Certain social and economic groups are more vulnerable to poverty. (iii) Poverty reduction is expected to make better progress in the next ten to fifteen years.
(i) Wide disparities in poverty are visible between rural and urban areas and among different states.
(ii) Certain social and economic groups are more vulnerable to poverty.
(iii) Poverty reduction is expected to make better progress in the next ten to fifteen years.
(i) It is due to lack of proper implementation and right targeting. (ii) There also has been a lot of overlapping of schemes. (iii) Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes have not fully reached the poor.
(i) It is due to lack of proper implementation and right targeting.
(ii) There also has been a lot of overlapping of schemes.
(iii) Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes have not fully reached the poor.
(i) There is significant decline in poverty in Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and West Bengal. (ii) States like Punjab and Haryana have traditionally succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of high agricultural growth rates. (iii) Kerala has focused on human resouRead more
(i) There is significant decline in poverty in Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and West Bengal.
(ii) States like Punjab and Haryana have traditionally succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of high agricultural growth rates.
(iii) Kerala has focused on human resource development.
(iv) ln West Bengal, land reform measures have helped in reducing poverty.
(v) In Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, public distribution of food grains could have been the cause for the decline in poverty.
(i) Booth capturing: Supporter-s or hired musclemen of party or a candidate gain physical control of a polling booth and cast false votes by threatening everyone or by preventing genuine voters from reaching the polling booth. (ii) Rigging: Fraud and malpractices indulged by, a parry or candidate toRead more
(i) Booth capturing: Supporter-s or hired musclemen of party or a candidate gain physical control of a polling booth and cast false votes by threatening everyone or by preventing genuine voters from reaching the polling booth.
(ii) Rigging: Fraud and malpractices indulged by, a parry or candidate to increase his votes. It includes stuffing ballot boxes by a few ,persons using the votes of other-s; recording multiple votes by the same person; and bribing polling officers to favour a candidate.
(i) Elections in India are basically free and fair. The party that wins an election and forms government does so because people have chosen it over its rivals. (ii) This may not be true for every constituency. A few candidates may win purely on the basis of money power and unfair means. But the overRead more
(i) Elections in India are basically free and fair. The party that wins an election and forms government does so because people have chosen it over its rivals.
(ii) This may not be true for every constituency. A few candidates may win purely on the basis of money power and unfair means. But the over-all verdict of a general election still reflects popular
preference.
(iii) There is very few exceptions to this rule in the last fifty years in our country. This is what makes Indian elections democratic.
(i) One final test of the free and fairness of the elections is in its outcome itself. (ii) If elections are not free or fair, the outcome always favours the powerful. In such a situation, the ruling parties do not lose elections. (iii) Usually the losing party does not accept the outcome of a riggeRead more
(i) One final test of the free and fairness of the elections is in its outcome itself.
(ii) If elections are not free or fair, the outcome always favours the powerful. In such a situation, the ruling parties do not lose elections.
(iii) Usually the losing party does not accept the outcome of a rigged elections.
(i) The interest of voters in election-related activities has been increasing over the years. (ii) During the 2004 elections, more than one-third voters took part in campaign-related activities. (iii) More than half of the people identified themselves as being close to one or the other political parRead more
(i) The interest of voters in election-related activities has been increasing over the years.
(ii) During the 2004 elections, more than one-third voters took part in campaign-related activities.
(iii) More than half of the people identified themselves as being close to one or the other political party. One out of every seven voters is a member of a political party.
Describe the term ‘NFWP’.
(i) This scheme is known as the National Food for work programme, launched in 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country. (ii) The programme is open to all rural people who are in need of wage employment and desire to do manual unskilled work. (iii) It is implemented as a 100 per cent centraRead more
(i) This scheme is known as the National Food for work programme, launched in 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country.
See less(ii) The programme is open to all rural people who are in need of wage employment and desire to do manual unskilled work.
(iii) It is implemented as a 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme and food grains are provided free of cost to the states.
what are the main features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005?
(i) MGNREGA 2005 was passed in September 2005. (ii) The act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts. (iii) Later, the scheme will be extended to 600 districts. One-third of the jobs could be reserved for women. If government failed to provide employmRead more
(i) MGNREGA 2005 was passed in September 2005.
See less(ii) The act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts.
(iii) Later, the scheme will be extended to 600 districts. One-third of the jobs could be reserved for women.
If government failed to provide employment, the salary for 100 days would be given.
How is poverty reduction expected to be better?
(i) This would be possible due to higher growth in income. (ii) Universal free elementary education would make people literate and enable them to earn. (iii) Increasing empowerment of the women and the economically weaker sections of society.
(i) This would be possible due to higher growth in income.
See less(ii) Universal free elementary education would make people literate and enable them to earn.
(iii) Increasing empowerment of the women and the economically weaker sections of society.
What challenges are ahead of India with respect to poverty alleviation?
(i) Wide disparities in poverty are visible between rural and urban areas and among different states. (ii) Certain social and economic groups are more vulnerable to poverty. (iii) Poverty reduction is expected to make better progress in the next ten to fifteen years.
(i) Wide disparities in poverty are visible between rural and urban areas and among different states.
See less(ii) Certain social and economic groups are more vulnerable to poverty.
(iii) Poverty reduction is expected to make better progress in the next ten to fifteen years.
What are the major reasons for the less effectiveness of poverty alleviation programmes?
(i) It is due to lack of proper implementation and right targeting. (ii) There also has been a lot of overlapping of schemes. (iii) Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes have not fully reached the poor.
(i) It is due to lack of proper implementation and right targeting.
See less(ii) There also has been a lot of overlapping of schemes.
(iii) Despite good intentions, the benefits of these schemes have not fully reached the poor.
Which states report a significant decline in poverty?
(i) There is significant decline in poverty in Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and West Bengal. (ii) States like Punjab and Haryana have traditionally succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of high agricultural growth rates. (iii) Kerala has focused on human resouRead more
(i) There is significant decline in poverty in Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and West Bengal.
See less(ii) States like Punjab and Haryana have traditionally succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of high agricultural growth rates.
(iii) Kerala has focused on human resource development.
(iv) ln West Bengal, land reform measures have helped in reducing poverty.
(v) In Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, public distribution of food grains could have been the cause for the decline in poverty.
what does booth capturing and rigging mean in the elections?
(i) Booth capturing: Supporter-s or hired musclemen of party or a candidate gain physical control of a polling booth and cast false votes by threatening everyone or by preventing genuine voters from reaching the polling booth. (ii) Rigging: Fraud and malpractices indulged by, a parry or candidate toRead more
(i) Booth capturing: Supporter-s or hired musclemen of party or a candidate gain physical control of a polling booth and cast false votes by threatening everyone or by preventing genuine voters from reaching the polling booth.
See less(ii) Rigging: Fraud and malpractices indulged by, a parry or candidate to increase his votes. It includes stuffing ballot boxes by a few ,persons using the votes of other-s; recording multiple votes by the same person; and bribing polling officers to favour a candidate.
How can you say that elections in India are free, fair and democratic?
(i) Elections in India are basically free and fair. The party that wins an election and forms government does so because people have chosen it over its rivals. (ii) This may not be true for every constituency. A few candidates may win purely on the basis of money power and unfair means. But the overRead more
(i) Elections in India are basically free and fair. The party that wins an election and forms government does so because people have chosen it over its rivals.
See less(ii) This may not be true for every constituency. A few candidates may win purely on the basis of money power and unfair means. But the over-all verdict of a general election still reflects popular
preference.
(iii) There is very few exceptions to this rule in the last fifty years in our country. This is what makes Indian elections democratic.
In what way does the outcome of elections matter to the people?
(i) One final test of the free and fairness of the elections is in its outcome itself. (ii) If elections are not free or fair, the outcome always favours the powerful. In such a situation, the ruling parties do not lose elections. (iii) Usually the losing party does not accept the outcome of a riggeRead more
(i) One final test of the free and fairness of the elections is in its outcome itself.
See less(ii) If elections are not free or fair, the outcome always favours the powerful. In such a situation, the ruling parties do not lose elections.
(iii) Usually the losing party does not accept the outcome of a rigged elections.
Is it true that the interest of voters is increasing day by day in election related activities?
(i) The interest of voters in election-related activities has been increasing over the years. (ii) During the 2004 elections, more than one-third voters took part in campaign-related activities. (iii) More than half of the people identified themselves as being close to one or the other political parRead more
(i) The interest of voters in election-related activities has been increasing over the years.
See less(ii) During the 2004 elections, more than one-third voters took part in campaign-related activities.
(iii) More than half of the people identified themselves as being close to one or the other political party. One out of every seven voters is a member of a political party.