Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarozgar And Shahari Rozgar Yojana

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Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna

The union ministry of rural development launched a restructured poverty alleviation programme, Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) with effect from 1 April 1999, which has replaced IRDP and its allied and allied schmes viz., Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM), Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA), Supply of Improved Toolkits to Rural Artisans (SITRA), Ganga Kalyan Yojna (GKY)and Million Wells Scheme (MWS).

The schemes aims at establishing a large number of micro enterprises in the rural areas of the country. The objective of the Scheme is to bring every assisted family above the poverty line in three years by providing them income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. The monthly income from the activity to be undertaken should not be less than Rs. 2,000 net of repayment to the bank, at least in the third year. Read more

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