UPPCS Prelims 2024 · GS Paper I: Arrange the following schemes launched by the Government of India in chronological order and…
Arrange the following schemes launched by the Government of India in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
- 1. Integrated Rural Development Programme
- 2. Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
- 3. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
- 4. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana
Answer (a) & explanation
Option (a), 1, 2, 3, 4, is correct. The Integrated Rural Development Programme (1) began in 1978-79 and was extended nationwide in 1980, to give poor rural families assets through subsidy and bank credit. The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (2) replaced IRDP and related schemes in April 1999, focusing on self-help groups. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (3) was passed in 2005 and came into force in February 2006; it was renamed MGNREGA in 2009. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (4), for universal bank accounts, was launched in August 2014. Options (b), (c) and (d) misorder these. Concept: SGSY was restructured as the National Rural Livelihood Mission (Aajeevika) in 2011.
SGSY (1999) replaced IRDP, so IRDP comes first and Jan-Dhan (2014) last.
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