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  1. Pradhan Mantri Gramin Yajona
  2. Food for work Program
  3. National Social Assistance Program
  4. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana
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Option 3 : National Social Assistance Program

  • The National Social Assistance Program is one of the programs started by the government to help the elderly people and poor and destitute women.
  • This program targets elderly people, widows and the poor and destitute women who are alone and have no one to take care of them.
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