Question : Assertion: A self-employment program was the National Food for Work Program. Reason: In 2004 as a paid employment program, the National Food for Work Program was introduced.
Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
Option 3: Assertion (A) is True but Reason (R) is False
Option 4: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is True
Correct Answer: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is True
Solution : The National Food for Work Programme (NFWP), 2004 was introduced by the central government's minister of rural development on November 14 in 150 of India's most underdeveloped districts with the aim of creating supplemental wage employment. The program's goal was to offer more resources in order to create jobs, provide supplemental income, and ensure food security. Hence option d is the correct answer.
Question : Assertion: The National Food for Work Program was started in 2004 with the aim of giving rural communities more chances for self-employment. Reason: In 2005, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) included this scheme.
Question : Assertion (A): Addressing the problem of poverty through self-employment schemes is the most effective means of poverty alleviation. Reason (R): Self-employment schemes improve the rate of participation and also empower the poor.
Question : Assertion (A): A new business is likely to have lesser goodwill. Reason (R): Goodwill is an intangible asset.
Question : Assertion (A): Casual employment pushes people into indebtedness which reinforced poverty. Reason (R): India is a country sustaining cyclical unemployment.
Question : Assertion: Unemployment and poverty go hand in hand. Reason: Poverty is a result of unemployment
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