- In order to make TPDS more focused and targeted towards the poorest section of population, the 'Antyodaya Anna Yojana' (AAY) was launched in December 2000 for one crore poor families. - Initially AAY contemplated identification of one crore poorest of the poor families from amongst the BPL families covered underTPDS within the States and providing them foodgrains at a highly subsidised rate of...

- The Integrated Rural Development Programme was initially launched in 2300 blocks but was extended all over the country, as a major poverty eradicating programme, on 2nd October, 1980. - At present this programme is not in existence because IRDP with five other schemes (TRYSEM, DWCRA, Ganga Kalyan Yojana, SITRA and MWS) has been merged in newly introduced scheme namely Swarna Jayanti Gram Swaro...

- Training to Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM) is an integral part of Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP). This centrally sponsored programme was started on August 15. 1979. - The main objective of this programme was to impart technical and business expertise to those rural youth who belong to the families living below the poverty line so that they may become self-employed. -...

- The Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme was started in the rural areas on 15th August, 1983, with the objective of creating employment, constructing the productive projects and improving the rural life, but the guarantee part of this programme could however not be implemented due to the lack of resources. - The total expenditule of this programme is financed by the Central Government....

- One of the objectives of Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74) was to provide loans to the small farmers so that they may use the modern techniques and adopt the intensive farming. - On the directions of Planning Commission, such agencies were established for recognising the small farmers and presenting various plans to the banks for solving the financial problems of the small farmers....