Political Science · Governance & Public Policy in India
UGC NET October 2022 Political Science
Anti-poverty programmes like IRDP and NREP were initiated during:
AFirst Five Year Plan
BSecond Five Year Plan
CSixth Five Year Plan ✓ Correct
DThird Five Year Plan
Correct answer: (C) Sixth Five Year Plan — The anti-poverty programmes IRDP and NREP were launched during the Sixth Five Year Plan, so the answer is the Sixth Five Year Plan.
Explanation
★The anti-poverty programmes IRDP and NREP were launched during the Sixth Five Year Plan, so the answer is the Sixth Five Year Plan.
★The Sixth Plan ran from 1980 to 1985 with a focus on poverty alleviation.
★The Integrated Rural Development Programme was launched in 1980 to give self-employment to poor rural families.
★It provided subsidies and bank credit for small-scale enterprise.
★The National Rural Employment Programme, also of 1980, created jobs through labour-intensive public works.
★Both were central to the plan's strategy of attacking rural poverty directly.
★The earlier plans did not launch these particular programmes.
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