QuestionSchemes / rural livelihoods
Which one of the following statements about Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana is NOT correct?
- (a) It is a livelihood mission aiming at alleviation of rural poverty
- (b) It seeks to mobilize about 9 crore households into community institutions like self-help groups
- (c) It is wage employment scheme for the landless agricultural labour
- (d) It proposes to build skills of the poor and to enable them to access formal sources of finance
Answer: (c) It is wage employment scheme for the landless agricultural labour
DAY–NRLM is a self-employment and livelihood mission: mobilise poor households into SHGs, give skills and access to credit. It is not a wage employment scheme; wage employment for unskilled labour is MGNREGA.