Among the various types of government-run welfare programmes, the two main types are:

1. Self employment programmes – that aim at generating gainful employment by providinbg necessay assets or skills to the poor. Eg: IRDP, TRYSEM, DWCRA, MWS, etc.
2. Wage employment programmes – that aim at providing employment opportunities to the unemployed, in return of which they get wages. Eg: NREP, MNREGA, Bharat Nirman, etc.

The chronological order of the launch of given schemes is: A. SJSRY - December 1997 B. SGSY - April 1999 C. Antyodaya Anna Yojna - Decmber 2000 D. VAMBAY - December 2001

Statement 1 is correct: One of the explicit objectives of the Fifth Five Year Plan was poverty alleviation. Statement 2 is correct: The Minimum Needs Programme launched during the Fifth Plan took direct measures to eliminate poverty.

Statement 1 is correct: The National Food for Work Programme was launched on 14th November, 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country with the objective to intensify generation of supplementary wage employment. Statement 2 is correct: It is implemented as a 100% centrally sponsored programme. However, the transportation cost, handling charges and taxes on foodgrains are responsibility of the states.

Statement 1 is correct: The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana was launched in April of 2005 with aim of electrification of all villages and habitations, providing access to electricity to all rural households and to provide electricity connections to BPL (Below Poverty Line) families, free of charge. Statement 2 is also correct: Bharat Nirman is an Indian plan for creating basic rural infrastructure. It comprises projects on irrigation, roads (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), housing (Indira Awaas Yojana), water supply (National Rural Drinking Water Programme), electrification (Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana) and telecommunication connectivity.

National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is an Indian health program for improving health care delivery across rural India. The mission, initially mooted for 7 years (2005-2012), is run by the Ministry of Health. The mission has a special focus on 18 states Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarkhand and Uttar Pradesh. The overall aim of the Program is to strengthen and improve the whole public health delivery and health of the rural sector. NRHM tries to improve the monitoring and planning process involved within health care. NRHM also aims to bring private sectors to help in the rural health.

Here, both Assertion and Reason are true, but the latter does not explain the former. Initially, in India, poverty was considered a rural phenomenon. Various land reforms were introduced to end the inequalities in land ownership.

All the above mentioned steps have been taken by the RBI in order to encourage its policy of financial inclusion.

The correct chronological order of the given schemes is: A. CADP (Command Area Development Programme) - 1974-75 B. TRYSEM - 1979 C. DWCRA - 1982 D. CAPART - 1986

Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is a scheme formulated by Government of India that was launched on 23 December 1993. The allocation per MP per year has been increased from Rs.2 crores to Rs 5 crores from the year 2011. It also allows MPs to spend up to 10 lacs in any other constituency in India.

The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on 19^th March, 2013 approved the National Food Security Bill. The Food Security Bill, if approved, will direct towards giving the right to food to around 67 percent of India's 120 crore population. The amendments to the Bill will guarantee 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month, while families in the poorest of the poor will continue to get 35 kg of grains per month. As per the Bill, around 800 crore people will be entitled to get five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 per kilo, wheat will cost Rs. 2 per kilo and cereal will be sold for Re. 1 per kilo.

The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) Sabla is a centrally sponsored program of Government of India initiated on April 1, 2011 under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The program would cover adolescent girls aged 11-18 years under all ICDS projects in selected 200 districts in all states/UTs in the country. The target group would be subdivided into 11-15 and 15-18 years.

Launched in the year 2004, the Vande Matram Scheme is dedicated to expectant and nursing mothers.

It is expected to cover cities and towns with over 50,000 people. It will cover around 779 cities.