Poverty and Unemployment

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Poverty and Unemployment: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Anti-Poverty Schemes, Inequality and Poverty, and PDS Impact on Poverty.

Important Questions on Poverty and Unemployment

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Which organisation created the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) in September 1999 to make poverty reduction and growth objectives more essential to loan operations in its poorest member countries?

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Which strategy helps minority women to advocate for their rights while also assisting them in growing economically, hence building civil society?

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Which anti-poverty programme is in charge of providing subsidised food grains to up to 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population in all states and union territories?

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The Solar Charkha Mission's goals are as follows:

A: Inclusive Development
B : Sustainable Development
C: Suppressing Migration

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Which of the following initiatives specifically targeted street vendors or hawkers?

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Under which poverty Alleviation program the finance minister announced a  ₹1.7 lakh crore package to mitigate the loss faced by the poor due to the coronavirus lockdown?

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What are the causes of poverty alleviation initiatives' ineffectiveness?

 

A : The poverty reduction programme may fail to accurately identify and target the number of disadvantaged households in rural regions. As a consequence, some families who are not enrolled for these programmes benefit from the amenities rather than those who are.

B : Overlap of comparable government initiatives is a key source of ineffectiveness because it causes confusion among impoverished people and authorities and prevents the benefits of the scheme from reaching the poor.

C : The burden of supplying the advantages of the schemes to a large number of people is increased by the country's overpopulation, which diminishes the efficiency of the programmes.

D : Corruption at various stages of plan implementation.

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Which of the following year plan aimed to eradicate poverty in India?

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Which of the following statements is correct about the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana (PMSYM) Pension Scheme?

a.  The Scheme has been launched already on 5 February 2018.

b. All unorganised sector workers earning less than Rs. 15,000 per month will now get a monthly pension of Rs. 3000.

c.The Union government has allocated Rs. 500 crore for this social security scheme.

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Which of the following schemes would provide Rs. 1,000 per month to all educated unemployed youngsters who have finished their 12th grade?

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On January 6, 2020, which of the following governments launched the Mukhya Mantri Gram Kaushal Yojana, under which thousands of applicants would be taught in traditional metal, stone, and wood craft?

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Which of the following Indian states initiated the Mukhyamantri Mahila Shramik Samman Yojana?

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Which of the following goals is associated with the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana?

a. To alleviate poverty by setting up many Micro enterprises in rural areas across the country.

b.To provide mixed income-generating assets like Bank Credit + Govt. Subsidy.

c. Capitalization of Group Lending.

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In which of the following schemes would Kerala government employ around 50,000 individuals in the current fiscal year?

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The National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) was merged in April 1989 under which of the following programme?

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Which of the following anti-poverty programmes became a programme for the creation of rural economic infrastructure with employment generation as the secondary objective?

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Which of the following anti-poverty programme is a skill and placement initiative of the Ministry of Rural development?

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'Adequate funding by central government' and 'Time-bound guarantee of employment' are the salient features of which of the following programme?

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Which of the following anti-poverty programmes focused on fresh entrant to the labour market, especially labour market and class X and XII dropouts?

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Which state government launched the first Antyodaya Yojna?