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Mahila Samridhi Yojana (MSY)
*Prime Minister - P.V. Narasimha Rao
*During - 8th Five Year Plan
*Date / Year - 2nd October 1993
*Under this scheme any adult rural women can open the MSY account in the post office with a minimum deposit of Rs.4/- or in multiples of Rs.4/- subject to a maximum of Rs.300/-
*Eligibility criteria for MSY - The rural women above 18 years.
*MSY was merged with Mahila Swayam Sidha Yojana in
Ans : 2001
*The limit of micro credit to a beneficiary under the Mahila Samridhi Yojana Scheme is 25000.
*The main aims behind this scheme are Empowering the rural women through building thrift habit, self reliance and confidence.
*It also aims at encouraging the rural women’s habit of saving through post offices.
National Food for Work Programme (NFFWP)
Prime Minister - Manmohan Singh
During - 10th Five Year Plan
Date / Year - 14th November ,2004
Fund - 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme
*Food grains are provided at the rate of
Ans : 5kg per working day
*The NFFWP will be open to all rural poor who are in need of wage employment and desire to do manual and unskilled labour.
*The Nodal officer of NFFWP at the district level
Ans : District collector
*The overall responsibility of Planning, Implementation, Co-ordination, Monitoring and Supervision of this programme will be done by the
Ans : Collector of the respective district.
*NFFWP was subsumed in National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) in
Ans : 2006
National Food Security Act - 2013
*Food Security bill was passed by Lok Sabha on
Ans : 26th August 2013.
*Food Security bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on
Ans : 2nd September 2013.
*The bill was signed by the President on
Ans : 12th September 2013.
