Which of the following schemes were launched during the sixth five-year plan? 1. National Rural Employment Programme 2. Biogas Programme 3. Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme Select the correct answer from below given codes: |ForumIAS

Q. Which of the following schemes were launched during the sixth five-year plan?
1.National Rural Employment Programme
2.Biogas Programme
3.Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme
Select the correct answer from below given codes:

[A] Only one

[B] Only two

[C] Only three

[D] None

Answer: B

Notes:

Explanation: A number of national level programmes and schemes were launched during the plan, which tried to attend to the specific areas and the specific concerns of socio-economic development (this is the ‘target group’ approach):

National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)—1980
Restructured Twenty-Point Programme– 1982
Biogas Programme—1982
Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWERA)— 1983
Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)—1983
Self-Employment to Educated Unemployed Youth Programme (SEEUP)—1983
Dairy Development Programme (DDP)—1983

Source: Ramesh Singh

Post-Mains Strategy Session by Mr. Ayush Sinha | ForumIAS