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Poverty alleviation programmes in India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contents
1 Jawhar Gram Samridhi Yojna
2 Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS)
3 National Old Age Pension Scheme(NOAPS)
4 National Family Benefit Scheme(NFBS)
5 National Maternity Benefit Scheme
6 ANNAPURNA
7 Integrated Rural Development programme
8 Rural Housing-Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY)
9 External links
10 References
Jawhar Gram Samridhi Yojna
This programme was earlier called jawhar rozgar yojna. Its name then got changed to Jawhar Gram Samridhi Yojna .It was started on 1 April 1999. The main aim of this programme was development of rural infrastructure. Belief that good rural infrastructure would give rise to many opportunities which poor rural people could benefit and improve their condition. Infrastructure like roads to connect the village to different area, which made the village more accessible and also other social, educational(schools) and infrastructure like hospitals. Its secondary objective was to give out sustained wage employment. This was only given to BPL (below the poverty line)familnder was to be spent for individual beneficiary schemes for SCs and ST 's and 3% for establishment of barrier free infrastructure for the disabled people.The village panchayats were one of the main governing body of this programme. There it did not feel like an outsider was controlling it, the village panchayats were a part of the people and understood their needs. Th000 1841.80 crore was used and they had a target of 8.57 lakh works, 5.07 lakh works were completed during 1999-2000.
Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS)
This scheme was started on 1 October 1993. It was first started in 1772 backward areas in 257 districts. The revamped public distribution system was in operation here. It was later expanded to all the 5448 rural
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_alleviation_programmes_in_India
Poverty alleviation programmes in India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contents
1 Jawhar Gram Samridhi Yojna
2 Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS)
3 National Old Age Pension Scheme(NOAPS)
4 National Family Benefit Scheme(NFBS)
5 National Maternity Benefit Scheme
6 ANNAPURNA
7 Integrated Rural Development programme
8 Rural Housing-Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY)
9 External links
10 References
Jawhar Gram Samridhi Yojna
This programme was earlier called jawhar rozgar yojna. Its name then got changed to Jawhar Gram Samridhi Yojna .It was started on 1 April 1999. The main aim of this programme was development of rural infrastructure. Belief that good rural infrastructure would give rise to many opportunities which poor rural people could benefit and improve their condition. Infrastructure like roads to connect the village to different area, which made the village more accessible and also other social, educational(schools) and infrastructure like hospitals. Its secondary objective was to give out sustained wage employment. This was only given to BPL (below the poverty line)familnder was to be spent for individual beneficiary schemes for SCs and ST 's and 3% for establishment of barrier free infrastructure for the disabled people.The village panchayats were one of the main governing body of this programme. There it did not feel like an outsider was controlling it, the village panchayats were a part of the people and understood their needs. Th000 1841.80 crore was used and they had a target of 8.57 lakh works, 5.07 lakh works were completed during 1999-2000.
Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS)
This scheme was started on 1 October 1993. It was first started in 1772 backward areas in 257 districts. The revamped public distribution system was in operation here. It was later expanded to all the 5448 rural
References: india.gov.in (http://india.gov.in/govt/viewscheme.php?schemeid=1860) http://www.yousaytoo.com/poverty-alleviation-in-india/730838