UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 80
How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor?
- By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas
- By strengthening 'self-help groups' and providing skill development
- By supplying seeds, fertilizers, diesel pump-sets and micro-irrigation equipment free of cost to farmers
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
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Correct answer: B
Correct Option: B
Explanation: NRLM strengthens community self-help institutions, credit access, skills and livelihood support for poor rural households.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - New manufacturing complexes are not the scheme’s basic instrument and make statement 1 unsuitable.
B: Correct - Correct: SHG mobilisation and skill development are central to NRLM.
C: Incorrect - There is no universal free supply of seeds, fertilisers and pumps to farmers under NRLM.
D: Incorrect - Options adding the factory-building or universal input-subsidy claims overstate the scheme.