2012 · Q52
One of the following Government of India programmes aims to help, build or upgrade dwelling units of below the poverty line rural families :
Social Security in IndiaUnorganised sector schemes
- ANational Social Assistance Programme
- BJawahar Rozgar Yojana
- CIndira Awas Yojana
- DJawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
Explanation
The Indira Awaas Yojana, launched in 1985–86 and made an independent scheme in 1996, gives financial assistance to below-poverty-line rural families for constructing or upgrading dwelling units. The National Social Assistance Programme covers pensions, Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was an employment programme, and JNNURM targeted urban renewal. Hence option C.