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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 133 of 200

Q133
Indian EconomyEmployment, Poverty & Human Development
Which of the following is a poverty alleviation programme?
  1. a.MGNREGA Scheme
  2. b.Bharat Nirman
  3. c.SSA
  4. d.NRHM

Answer: (A) MGNREGA Scheme

MGNREGA guarantees 100 days of wage employment to rural households and is India's main poverty alleviation (wage employment) programme. Bharat Nirman is a rural infrastructure plan, SSA an education programme and NRHM a health mission.