Correct Answer: Prime Minister's Employment Scheme

Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) was announced on 15^th August, 2008 and launched in place of REGP Scheme. PMEGP is a credit-linked subsidy programme launched by Ministry of MSME in 2008-09 for creation of employment in both rural and urban areas of the country.

Correct answer is (1). 

Correct answer is (2). 

Correct Answer: providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line

Kerala has gained the position of being the state with the lowest maternal mortality rate in the country. The maternal mortality rate stands at 66 per one lakh live births according to the 2010-12 Sample Registration Survey report published by the Centre, Health Minister V S Sivakumar said.“It was 81 per one lakh live births in 2007-09. As per the latest report, Kerala has shown a drop of 19 per cent from 2007-09,” the Minister said.

Option (4) is the correct answer. Dearness allowance is calculated as a percentage of an Indian citizen's basic salary to mitigate the impact of inflation on people. Initially, DA was given in response to demand of employees for wage revision, however later it was linked to Consumer Price Index. 

Option (4) is the correct answer.

The first 'Garib Rath' train, which aimed at providing air-conditioned comfort to the poor at subsidised fares, was flagged off on Wednesday by railway minister Lalu Prasad, at the Saharsa railway station in north Bihar. The train plied between Saharsa and Amritsar, in Punjab, the state where lakhs of migrant Bihari labourers go every year to earn a living.

Option (2) is the correct answer.

Correct answer is (4).