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Assertion (A) : Empowerment leads to development and self sufficiency.
Reason (R) : Many people in India are not empowered.
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The correct answer is
(A) and (R) are correct.

Evaluating Empowerment Assertion and Reason

This question requires evaluating the truthfulness of two statements: an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R) related to empowerment in India.

Assertion (A) Analysis

Assertion (A) states: Empowerment leads to development and self-sufficiency.

  • Empowerment involves granting individuals and communities more control over their lives and resources.
  • This increased control fosters personal growth (development) and the ability to meet their own needs without external dependence (self-sufficiency).
  • Therefore, Assertion (A) is a correct statement.

Reason (R) Analysis

Reason (R) states: Many people in India are not empowered.

  • India faces significant challenges, including poverty, lack of access to education, social inequalities, and gender disparities.
  • These factors limit the ability of a large portion of the population to exercise power and control over their circumstances.
  • Consequently, Reason (R) is also a correct statement reflecting the reality in India.

Conclusion

Since both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are factually correct statements, the correct option is the one that reflects this.

Option 1: (A) and (R) are correct.

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Important Questions from Economic Growth & Development

  1. According to Rostow, any industry can play the role of leading sector in the take-off stage provided following conditions are met.
    A. The market for the product is expanding rapidly
    B. The leading sector generates secondary expansion
    C. The sector has an adequate and continual supply of capital from ploughed-back profits.
    D. Introduction of new techniques into the sector to increase productivity
    Ε. Changes in industrial structure should be structural ones
    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
  2. Match List-I with List-II:

    List-I
    (Concepts)
    List-II
    (their expression)
    (where, gm=manufacturing output growth, gGDP=GDP growth, Pnm=productivity in outside manufacturing,
    Pm=Productivity in manufacturing) 
    A. Kaldor's first law of growthI. Pnm = f(gm),   f' > 0
    B. Kaldor's second law of growthII. ȳ = ε · (u − u*)
    C. Kaldor's third law of growthIII. gGDP = f(gm),   f' > 0
    D. Okun's lawIV. Pm = f(gm),   f' > 0

    Choose the correct  answer from the options given below :

  3. The idea of constructing poverty-weighted indices of growth is.
  4. In the context of neoclassical growth model, the effects of an increase in population growth rate is/are.
    A. Reduction in steady-state level of capital per head
    B. Increase in per capita output
    C. Increase in steady state rate of growth of aggregate output
    D. Decrease in capital-output ratio
    Ε. An inward shift in production possibility curve.
    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
  5. Arrange the following publications in chronological order starting from the oldest to the latest.
    A. "Theory of Economic Growth" by Arthur Lewis
    B. "A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth" by Robert Solow
    C. "The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non Communist Manifesto" by Walt Rostow
    D. "Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations" by Gunnar Myrdal
    Ε. "Strategy of Economic Development" by Albert Hirschman
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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