To address the poor, a need for targeted anti-poverty programmes was strongly felt.
Some of them are given below :
1. Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) : The aim of this programme (which wasstarted in 1993) was to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployedyouth in rural areas and small towns.
2. Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) : REGP was launched in 1995to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas.
3. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) : SGSY was started in 1999. The programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line.
4. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) was launched in 2000.
5. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) for the poorest of poors and elders.
6. National Food for Work Programme (NFWP) was launched in 2004.
7. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was passed in September 2005. The Act provides 100-days assured employment every year to every ruralhousehold in 200 districts.
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