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Which of the following schemes was launched a few years back to provide wage employment to the rural people in India (The programme is being run successfully in addition to NREGA)?
A
Indira Awas Yojana
B
Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme
C
Total Sanitation Campaign
D
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Government of India launched the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) on 25 September 2001 by merging the ongoing schemes of the Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna (JGSY). The SGRY was launched to provide food and profitable employment to the rural poor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (English: Universal Rural Employment Programme) was a scheme launched by the Government of India to gain the objective of providing gainful employment for the rural poor.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyoday Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deendayal Upadhyay-Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURban Mission, National Career Service (NCS) etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched on 1st April 1989 in the Seventh Five Year Plan by the veteran Prime Minister Lt. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It was established by merging the National Rural Employment Programme and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched in the Seventh Five Year Plan. 2. Small-scale and food processing industries were given new impetus in Seventh Five Year Plan.

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