Question

The Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) primarily aims to:

• A. Provide health insurance to rural laborers
• B. Ensure employment opportunities in drought-prone areas
• C. Build educational infrastructure in rural areas
• D. Improve rural road connectivity

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Ensure employment opportunities in drought-prone areas

The Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was introduced to provide wage employment opportunities during lean agricultural seasons, especially in drought-prone and other backward rural areas.