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Economic Affairs Poverty Related Issues

With reference to the government’s welfare schemes, Consider the following statements

1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs.2 per kg for wheat and Rs.3 per kg for rice.

2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs.75 per month as Central Pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Governments

3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per below poverty line family per month, at less than half the economic cost

Which of these statements are correct?

1 and 2

1 and 3

2 and 3

1, 2 and 3

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Explanation:

All the statements are correct.

As per the guidelines issued by the Government, the AAY families are to be identified by States/Union Territories (UTs) as per the following criteria:

Landless agriculture labourers, marginal farmers, rural artisans /craftsmen, such as potters, tanners, weavers, blacksmiths, carpenters, slum dwellers and persons earning their livelihood on daily basis in the informal sector like porters, coolies, rickshaw pullers, hand cart pullers, fruit and flower sellers, snake charmers, rag pickers, cobblers, destitute and other similar categories in both rural and urban areas;
Households headed by widows or terminally ill persons/disabled persons/ persons aged 60 years or more with no assured means of subsistence or societal support;
Widows or terminally ill persons or disabled persons or persons aged 60 years or more or single women or single men with no family or societal support or assured means of subsistence;
All primitive tribal households;
All eligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) families of HIV positive persons.