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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2022 — General Studies · Question 153 of 200

Q153
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeGovernment Schemes & Initiatives
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana for rural employment was started in the year
  1. a.1959
  2. b.1979
  3. c.1969
  4. d.1989

Answer: (D) 1989

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was launched on 1 April 1989 by merging two earlier employment schemes — National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP). It was the largest rural employment programme in independent India at that time.

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