Employment Generative Alleviation

Q.

Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

1. Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana

2. Rural Employment Generation Programme

3. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

4. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

Q.

Adopting labour-intensive technique of production will reduce the level of poverty in India. State True or False.

1. True

2. False

Q.

What is meant by ‘Food for Work’ programme?

Q.

For how many days MNREGA provides employment?

1. 100

2. 70

3. 80

4. 90

Q. compare the employment conditions prevailing in the organized sectors?

Q. Draw up a table to show the number of wholly unemployed , temporarily unemployed and total unemployed, each class being divided into males and females , for the following industries:
Fishing, coal mining, iron-ore mining , cloth and wool industries.

Q. What are the main features of NREGA ?

1. It guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
2. One-third of the proposed jobs would be reserved for women.
3. If an applicant is not provided employment within 15 days, she/he will be entitled to a daily unemployment allowance.
4. All of the above

Q. Which of the following programmes of the government provides self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas?
a) NGREA b) AAY c) PMRY d) NFWP