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The 'Jawahar Rozgar Yojana' was a major rural employment generation program officially launched during the:

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Sixth Five-Year Plan
  2. Eighth Five-Year Plan
  3. Ninth Five-Year Plan
  4. Seventh Five-Year Plan

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Seventh Five-Year Plan

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: D) Seventh Five-Year Plan šŸ“š Explanation: The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was a massive rural employment generation program officially launched on April 1, 1989. This significant anti-poverty initiative was introduced during the concluding phase of the Seventh Five-Year Plan. It effectively merged the previously existing National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) and the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) into a single, cohesive framework.