Question

NREP and RLEGP combined together and started a new program called

• A. Prime minister's Rozgar Yojana
• B. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
• C. Indira Awaas Yojana
• D. NREG

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

• Launched On: April 1, 1989

• Launched By: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

• Objective: To generate wage employment for the rural poor and unemployed, especially during lean agricultural seasons.

• Evolution: In 1999, Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was restructured and renamed as Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY), which later merged into the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) in 2001, and ultimately integrated into MGNREGA in 2006.