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Answer: Option A. -> 22
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Question 22. Consider the following statements about MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005):
Which among the above is/ are correct statements?
- It gives a guaranteed employment of 100 days to rural people who are eligible and willing to take it.
- For tribals, it provides guaranteed employment of 150 days from 2014.
- To distinguish tribals from regular MGNREGA workers, they will be given a job card of a different colour.
Which among the above is/ are correct statements?
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 and 3 all
Answer: (a)
MNREGA started with an objective to enhance the livelihood security of rural households for creating durable assets and discouraging migration.
It gives a guaranteed employment of 100 days to all eligible and willing to take it irrespective of gender. However, from April 2014 the act provides tribals with their guaranteed employment of 150 days.
Under MNREGA, no. of workdays for tribals have increased from 100 days to 150 days. To distinguish this category from regular MGNREGA workers, they are given a job card of a different colour.
Answer: (a)
MNREGA started with an objective to enhance the livelihood security of rural households for creating durable assets and discouraging migration.
It gives a guaranteed employment of 100 days to all eligible and willing to take it irrespective of gender. However, from April 2014 the act provides tribals with their guaranteed employment of 150 days.
Under MNREGA, no. of workdays for tribals have increased from 100 days to 150 days. To distinguish this category from regular MGNREGA workers, they are given a job card of a different colour.
Answer: Option C. -> Agricultural sector
Answer: (c)
Disguised unemployment in India exists in the agricultural sector.
Disguised unemployment exists where part of the labour force is either left without work or working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero.
Answer: (c)
Disguised unemployment in India exists in the agricultural sector.
Disguised unemployment exists where part of the labour force is either left without work or working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero.
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 2 both
Answer: (b)
Uttar Pradesh government launched the “Samajwadi Pension Scheme” to benefit 40 lakh rural families living below the poverty line.
The new pension scheme will replace the Rani Laxmibai Pension Yojana.
Answer: (b)
Uttar Pradesh government launched the “Samajwadi Pension Scheme” to benefit 40 lakh rural families living below the poverty line.
The new pension scheme will replace the Rani Laxmibai Pension Yojana.
Answer: Option D. -> National Maternity Benefit Scheme
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> Suresh Tendulkar
Answer: (b)
Prof. Tendulkar’s pioneering contribution was his extensive work on poverty and the estimation of people below the poverty line (BPL).
A committee was formed by the government of India in 2009, with Tendulkar as Chairman to ‘report on methodology for estimation of poverty.
In 2009, this committee came out with a new method to calculate poverty.
Answer: (b)
Prof. Tendulkar’s pioneering contribution was his extensive work on poverty and the estimation of people below the poverty line (BPL).
A committee was formed by the government of India in 2009, with Tendulkar as Chairman to ‘report on methodology for estimation of poverty.
In 2009, this committee came out with a new method to calculate poverty.
Answer: Option D. -> 1921
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option C. -> Promoting skill development
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option A. -> MGNREGA
Answer: (a)
The Ministry of Rural Development has launched a “Kaam Mango Abhiyan” after recognising the work under MGNREGA is not necessarily due to lack of demand but caused by a failure to capture demand effectively.
This campaign seeks to increase awareness around the entitlements of MGNREGA and increase participation in the programme by fulfilling the guarantee.
Answer: (a)
The Ministry of Rural Development has launched a “Kaam Mango Abhiyan” after recognising the work under MGNREGA is not necessarily due to lack of demand but caused by a failure to capture demand effectively.
This campaign seeks to increase awareness around the entitlements of MGNREGA and increase participation in the programme by fulfilling the guarantee.
Question 30. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a centrally sponsored health insurance scheme started in 2008 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- The objective of RSBY is to provide protection to BPL households from financial liabilities arising out of health shocks that involve hospitalization.
- Beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs. 20,000/- for most of the diseases that require hospitalization.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 2 both
Answer: (b)
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a centrally sponsored health insurance scheme started in 2008 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to provide protection to BPL households from diseases that involve hospitalization.
Beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs. 30,000/- for most of the diseases that require hospitalization.
Answer: (b)
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a centrally sponsored health insurance scheme started in 2008 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to provide protection to BPL households from diseases that involve hospitalization.
Beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs. 30,000/- for most of the diseases that require hospitalization.
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