UPSC Prelims 1999·GS1·economy·economic sectors and development

The Employment Assurance Scheme envisages financial assistance to rural areas for guaranteeing employment to at least

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  1. A50 per cent of the men and women seeking jobs in rural areas
  2. B50 per cent of the men seeking jobs in rural areas
  3. Cone man and one woman in a rural family living below the poverty line
  4. DNone of the aboveCorrect

Explanation

The Employment Assurance Scheme EAS was launched in 1993 with the specific objective of providing gainful employment during the lean agricultural season to all able bodied adults in rural areas who are in need and desirous of work.

The scheme guaranteed up to 100 days of unskilled manual work to a maximum of two adults per family, irrespective of gender, in the identified backward blocks.

None of the first three options accurately describe these provisions. Option A and B wrongly mention a 50 per cent quota, and Option C incorrectly limits the guarantee to one man and one woman. Therefore, Option D is the correct answer.

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