Consider the following and arrange them in correct chronological order.

Question

Consider the following and arrange them in correct chronological order.

1. Jawahar Rojgar Yojana

2. Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas

3. Integrated Rural Development Programme

4. National Rural Employment Programme

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. A. 3, 4, 1, 2
2. B. 4, 3, 2, 1
3. C. 4, 3, 1, 2
4. D. 3, 4, 2, 1 (Correct answer)

Correct Answer

Option D — 3, 4, 2, 1

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is 3, 4, 2, 1.

Key Points

• 3. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) — 1978-79. Aimed at providing income-generating assets to rural families below the poverty line.
• 4. National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) — 1980. A wage-employment programme, restructured from the earlier Food for Work Programme.
• 2. Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) — 1982. A sub-scheme of IRDP focused on rural women.
• 1. Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY) — 1989. Formed by merging NREP and RLEGP.
• Order: 3 → 4 → 2 → 1, option (d).

Additional Information

• The whole family of self-employment programmes was later merged into the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) in 1999, which in turn became the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM/Aajeevika) in 2011, now DAY-NRLM.
• On the wage-employment side, JRY became the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (1999), then Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (2001), and finally MGNREGA (2005), which converted employment from a scheme into a legal right of 100 days per rural household.
• MGNREGA came into force in 2006 and was renamed after Mahatma Gandhi in 2009; at least one-third of its beneficiaries must be women, and an unemployment allowance is payable if work is not provided within 15 days.