Question

Which of the following points about Indira Mahila Yojana is false?

• A. Woman would be helped to ensure their participation in decision making process. It will generate awareness among women.
• B. A national women fund has been created to help women in need.
• C. Crime department has set up a separate wing to deal with crime in women. It is called crime against women cell.
• D. Schools are to be set up at the village level for women.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Schools are to be set up at the village level for women.

Indira Mahila Yojana aims at organizing at the grass-root level to facilitate the participation of the women in the decision-making process. The main objective of this plan is to create awareness among the women and to provide the income resources to them. This plan will establish coordination among the various plans related to women so that the available funds can be properly used for the welfare of women. Under the ‘Indira Mahila Yojana’, women groups are formed in the villages and urban slums that work with the support of the Indira Mahila Kendras established at the ‘Anganwadi’ level. Road construction, rural electrification, increasing the non-traditional energy sources, social forestry, education, and health programs have also been included in the scheme. Setting up schools at the village level for women was not the objective of this scheme.