IAY is in operation since 1985-86 with the basic aim to provide assistance for construction/upgradation of dwelling units to the below poverty line (BPL) rural households of SCs,...
The main objectives of the Industrial Policy, following the years 1990, are as follows: (a) To maintain a sustained growth in productivity and gainful employment and attain international...
The National Health Policy'2002 gives importance to ensure more equitable access to health services across the social and geographical territory of the country. It calls for a strong...
The National Policy on Education (NPE) aims at promoting education amongst the people. The policy covers elementary education in both rural and urban India. The first NEP was...
Evolving the design of the wage employment programmes to more effectively fight poverty, the Central Government formulated the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in 2005....
The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojna (SJSRY) is the main poverty alleviation programme in the urban areas. The SJSRY seeks to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed...
The features of the National Policy for Older Persons (1999) may be stated as follows: The objective of the policy is the well-being of older persons, aiming to...
The Youth Policy was reformulated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 2003. The four thrust areas as recognized by the policy are: (i) Youth Empowerment;...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), as a statutory and an autonomous body, was set up in India under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. Numerous state...
Women, in India, constitute about 50 crores of our population. And yet their social and economic status is far from being any measure of satisfaction. In fact, they...
