GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is 1999. Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) is the restructured, streamlined, and comprehensive version of the erstwhile Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY). Launched on 1st April 1999, it has been designed to improve the quality of life of the rural poor by providing them additional gainful employment.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) has been restructured as Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) with the primary objective of creating demand driven village infrastructure, including durable assets to enable the rural poor to increase the opportunities for sustained employment.

Detailed explanation-3: -The objectives of the Yojana are: Creation of demand-driven village infrastructure including durable assets for increasing the opportunities for sustained employment and generation of supplementary employment for the unemployed poor in rural areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.