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Which state government had launched Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana (MGSVY) for distressed sections? [Jan 2018]

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Karnataka
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Punjab
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Meghalaya
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Kerala
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Solution

The correct option is B Punjab
The Punjab Government had launched Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna (MGSVY) on the occasion of 69th Republic Day 2018 for the distressed sections of the society across the state. The purpose of the programme is to give the distressed sections of the society the help they need socially, economically and psychologically. This scheme will be on the line of Antyodaya principles. The aim of the programme is Wipe every tear from every eye as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhiji. The main purpose of this scheme is to provide the benefit of welfare schemes for debt stressed farmers, poor families that have a woman as sole bread earner, families of AIDS patients, out-of-school children, martyred soldiers, differently-abled, abandoned old persons, drug addicts among others.

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