Question

What is meant by ‘Food or Work’ Programme?

Answer 1

Food for Work Programme initiated in 1970 and incorporated as the National Rural Employment Programme in the Sixth Plan. It started back in April 1977. The objective of the programme was to provide additional resources so that the generation of supplementary wages employment and providing food security. It was renamed in November 2004 as National Food for Work Programme. This program was subsumed with the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in February 2006.