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Which of the following institutions has contributed mainly in improving the economic status of the poor women in rural areas?

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SSC CGL 2024 (Tier-I) Previous Year Paper (17-Sep-2024) (Shift 3)
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Self-help Group

The Self-help Group has played a significant role in improving the economic status of poor women in rural areas by providing them financial independence and opportunities for self-sustenance.

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Important Questions from Rural Development

  1. Participating Planning in community development employs
    I. Participatory Learning
    II. Participatory Rural Appraisal
    III. Participatory Action
    IV. Passive Participation
    Codes :
  2. Assertion (A) : To identify strategic parameters for participatory development, it is important to specify, who the stakeholders are.
    Reason (R) : Stakeholders are individual persons, groups or institutions with vested interest in the intervention.

    Codes :
  3. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the options given below :

    Assertion (A) : Extension workers have to be sensitive to the cultural changes taking place in the communities, they work with.
    Reason (R) : Outsiders do not realize that villages ever change because often there is little outward change as compared with urban areas.

  4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the options given below:
    Assertion (A) : MNREGA constituted very ambitious rural development programme of India.
    Reason (R) : Building basic infrastructure got linked to provide minimum number of days guaranteed employment.

  5. Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in a community can be mobilised by
    (i) Gram Panchayats
    (ii) Banks
    (iii) Voluntary Organisations
    (iv) Individuals
    (v) Local Traders
    Choose the correct answer from the code given below :
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