Which one of the following statements is not correct?
- AThe ‘Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana’ is an urban self-employment programme.
- BDrought-Prone Area Programme and Desert Development Programme were launched in 1970s.
- CThe ‘Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana’ was launched after restructuring the ‘Integrated Rural Development Programme’ in 2001.
- DThe ‘Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana’ is a rural self employment programme.
Explanation
Statement C is not correct: the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), launched in September 2001, was created by merging the Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) — not by restructuring the IRDP. It was the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) that was restructured and merged into the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) in April 1999. Statement A is true: the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (1997) is an urban self-employment programme. Statement B is true: the Drought-Prone Area Programme (1973–74) and Desert Development Programme (1977–78) were launched in the 1970s. Statement D is true: SGSY is a rural self-employment programme. Hence option C.