How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor? 1. By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas 2. By strengthening 'self-help groups' and providing skill development 3. By supplying seeds, fertilizers, diesel pump-sets and micro irrigation equipment free of cost to farmers Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- A1 and 2 only
- B2 onlyCorrect
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
The correct answer is B because the National Rural Livelihood Mission, also known as Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana, focuses on poverty alleviation through social mobilization and institution building.
The mission primarily works by organizing the rural poor into Self Help Groups and federations, providing them with financial capital, and offering skill development to enhance their employability and self-employment opportunities. This makes statement 2 correct.
Statement 1 is incorrect because the mission does not focus on setting up large manufacturing industries, which is generally the domain of industrial policy. Statement 3 is incorrect because the mission does not involve the free distribution of physical agricultural inputs like seeds or machinery; instead, it focuses on capacity building and financial inclusion so that the poor can manage their own livelihoods.
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