UPSC Prelims 1997 · General Studies
Question 89: Economy and Social Development
Schemes of (i) Urban Micro Enterprises, (ii) Urban Wage Employment, and (iii) Housing and Shelter Upgradation are parts of
AnswerThe answer is (b).
The Nehru Rozgar Yojana (1989) was an urban poverty-alleviation scheme with three parts: the Scheme of Urban Micro Enterprises, the Scheme of Urban Wage Employment and the Scheme of Housing and Shelter Upgradation. It was later replaced by the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was for rural areas, and the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (1993) gave loans to educated unemployed youth.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) The Integrated Rural Development Programme gave income-earning assets to poor rural families.
- (b) Right: the Nehru Rozgar Yojana.
- (c) The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was a rural wage-employment scheme.
- (d) The Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana gave self-employment loans to educated unemployed youth.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 1997, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.