Poverty

Question

Suppose you are from a poor family and wish to get help from the government to set up petty shop. Under which scheme you will apply for assistance and why?

Answer

To get help from government to set up Petty Shop, The Swarnajayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojna (SJSRY) is suitable. This was started on 1 Dec., 1997. Earlier three urban poverty programmes, Nehru Rozgar Yojna (NRY), Urban Basic Services for the Poor (UBSP) and Prime Minister's Integrated Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme (PMIUPAP) were merged in it. It has two main schemes : (1) The urban self employment programme, (2) The Urban Wage Employment Programme.

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