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Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

This Scheme was launched after a review and restructuring of the erstwhile Integrated Rural Development Program(IRDP) and allied schemes like Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM), Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA), Million Wells Scheme (MWS), Supply of Improved Toolkits to Rural Artisans (SITRA) & Ganga Kalyan Yojna. SGSY was ..

Topics: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana • Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana • Economy • Economy of India • In India • India • Ministry of Rural Development • National rural livelihood mission • Poverty in India • Priority sector lending

District Rural Development Agencies

Over the years the District Rural Development Agencies have emerged as the principal organs at the district level to oversing the implementation of different poverty alleviation programmes. Since inception, the administrative costs of the DRDAs were met by setting apart a certain percentage of the allocation for each Programme. Of late, while the number of ..

Topics: Decentralization • District Rural Development Agencies • Government • Local government in India • Ministry of Rural Development • Panchayati Raj • Politics • Poverty reduction