Which of the following development programmes in Rajasthan were amalgamated in Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY) since 01 April, 1999? i) Integrated Rural Development (IRDP)and Training to Rural Youth in Self Employment (TRYSEM) ii) Development of Women and Children (DWCRA) and Industrial Tools Supply in Rural Areas (SITRA) iii) Ganga Kalyan Yojna (GKY) and Million Wells Scheme (MWS) iv) Jawahar Rojgar Yojna (JRY) 

Which of the following development programmes in Rajasthan were amalgamated in Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY) since 01 April, 1999? i) Integrated Rural Development (IRDP)and Training to Rural Youth in Self Employment (TRYSEM) ii) Development of Women and Children (DWCRA) and Industrial Tools Supply in Rural Areas (SITRA) iii) Ganga Kalyan Yojna (GKY) and Million Wells Scheme (MWS) iv) Jawahar Rojgar Yojna (JRY)  Correct Answer i, ii and iii

The correct answer is i, ii and iii.

Key Points

  • Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna
    • It came into force w.e.f. 1.4.1999.
    • It is a holistic programme of micro-enterprise covering all aspects of self-employment viz. organising the rural poor into Self Help Groups (SHG's) and then capacity building, planning of activity clusters, infrastructure build up, technology, credit and marketing. 
  • The Yojana adopts a product project for each key activity for each block.
  • 10 key activities are identified for each block based on the resources, occupational skills of the people and facility of markets.
  • It amalgamated the following programmes-
    • Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)
    • Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM)
    • Development of Women & Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA)
    • Supply of Improved Toolkits to Rural Artisans (SITRA)
    • Ganga Kalyan Yojana (GKY)
    • Million Wells Scheme (MWS)
  • Jawahar Rozgar Yojna was launched on April 1, 1989 by merging National Rural Employment Program (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program. It was not amalgamed into SGSY.

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