NCERT Important Questions Class 9 Social Science Economics
Important NCERT Extra Questions
Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challenge,
NCERT Book Extra Questions for Session 2022-2023
CBSE Board and UP Board Others state Board
State the various Poverty Alleviation programmes introduced by the government to remove poverty.
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(i) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY): It is a scheme started in 1993. The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns. They are helped in setting up small businesses and industries.
(ii) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP): It was launched in, 1995. The aim of the programme is to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas and small towns. A target for creating 25 lakh new jobs has been set for the programme.
(iii) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar yojana (SGSy): It was 1aunched in 1999. the programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into self’-help groups through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.
(iv) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY): It was launched in 2000. Under this programme, additional central assistance is given to states for basic services such as primary health, primary education, rural shelter, rural drinking water and rural electrification.
(i) The proportion of poor people is not the same in every state.
(ii) Poverty is still existing in Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh.
(iii) Bihar and Odisha continue to be the two poorest states with poverty
ratios of 47 and 43 per cent, respectively.
Along with rural poverty, urban poverty also exists in these states.