Poverty and employment

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Which of the following is true regarding the Jawaharlal Rozgar Yojana (JRY)?

it was launched during the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi

it aims at creating one million jobs annually

the target group of JRY are the urban poor living below the poverty line

under the scheme 30 per cent of the employment general is reserved for women

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4th option is incorrect. There is no such provision.
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was launched on April 1, 1989 by merging National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The urban version of this program was Nehru Rozgar Yojana.

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