UPSC Prelims 2000·GS1·economy·economic sectors and development

The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana which came into operation from Dec. 1, 1997 aims to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed poor but does not include

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  1. ANehru Rozgar Yojana
  2. BUrban Basic Services Programme
  3. CPrime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
  4. DPrime Minister’s Rozgar YojanaCorrect

Explanation

The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana SJSRY was launched by merging three existing schemes designed for urban poverty alleviation. These were the Nehru Rozgar Yojana NRY, the Urban Basic Services Programme UBSP, and the Prime Minister Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme PMIUPER. The Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY), mentioned in option D, was a separate scheme focused on providing self-employment to educated unemployed youth in both rural and urban areas and was not merged into SJSRY.
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