Consider the following statements1. Food for Work Programme was launch...
According to The National Food for Work Programme, food subsidy should be better targetedthrough targeted public distribution system and specific programmes for the poor like Food for WorkProgramme. The National Food for Work Programme was launched on 14 November 2004 in 150 of themost backward districts of India with the objective of generating supplementary wage employment. ThePlanning commission is not a constitutional body.
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Consider the following statements1. Food for Work Programme was launch...
Food for Work Programme:
- The statement that the Food for Work Programme was launched in India during the 10th Five Year Plan is correct.
- The Food for Work Programme was initiated in 2001 during the 10th Five Year Plan with the aim of providing food to the poor and needy in exchange for their labor on public works projects.
- The program was designed to address issues of food security and unemployment in rural areas by providing food grains in exchange for work on projects like road construction, water conservation, and other infrastructure development activities.
Planning Commission in India:
- The statement that the Planning Commission in India is a constitutional body is incorrect.
- The Planning Commission was a non-constitutional and non-statutory body that was set up in 1950 by a government resolution.
- It was responsible for formulating five-year plans for socio-economic development and allocating resources to different sectors.
- The Planning Commission was replaced by the NITI Aayog in 2015, which is a policy think tank of the Government of India.
- Unlike the Planning Commission, the NITI Aayog is not a constitutional body but a government think tank that provides strategic and technical advice to the government on various policy matters.
In conclusion, statement 1 is correct while statement 2 is incorrect.