Which of the following statements is/are correct about government programmes/schemes?
1. Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) is a programme aimed at upskilling rural youth in various thematic areas of agriculture.
2. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY – NRLM) focuses on creating income-generating opportunities for women of Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
3. Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) aims at creating an enabling rural business development ecosystem to promote all other women except those associated with Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
Select the answer using the codes given below:
A.1, 2 and 3
B.1 and 2 only✓ Correct
C.2 and 3 only
D.3 only
Explanation
STRY is indeed a programme aimed at skilling rural youth in agriculture and allied thematic areas — statement 1 is correct. DAY-NRLM, under the Ministry of Rural Development, focuses on mobilizing rural poor women into SHGs and creating sustainable income-generating opportunities — statement 2 is correct. However, SVEP supports entrepreneurs from rural areas WHO ARE associated with SHGs (it is implemented as a sub-scheme of DAY-NRLM and targets SHG members for enterprise development), not those excluding SHG women — hence statement 3 is incorrect.
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