ECONOMICS
HUMAN CAPITAL
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Question
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In the form of food
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In the form of cash
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Neither cash nor food
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Partly in cash and partly in food
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answers. Wages are to be paid partly in cash and partly in food grains. Grains should be at least 5 kg of the wages, and cash should be at least 25%.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under “Food for Work” Programme during the year 2001-2002, about 18.41 lakh tonnes of foodgrains have been released to the drought/flood and natural calamity affected states namely, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food For Work Programme was launched in 1977-78. Under this programme, the government provided work to poor people related to the construction of kutcha roads, clearing debris, etc and gave foodgrains instead of wages.
Detailed explanation-4: -Food for Work Programme initiated in 1970 and incorporated as the National Rural Employment Programme in the Sixth Plan. It started back in April 1977. The objective of the programme was to provide additional resources so that the generation of supplementary wages employment and providing food security.
Detailed explanation-5: -The National Food for Work Programme was launched by minister of rural development, central government on 14 November 2004 in 150 of the most backward districts of India with the objective of generating supplementary wage employment.