The Indira Awas Yojana was started in 1985-86 as a sub-plan of RLEGP. In 1989-90, after merging the RLEGP with Jawahar Rozgar Yojana, this plan also became a part of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY). Since January 1, 1996, it was again separated from JRY. At present, LAY is one of the six components of the Bharat Nirman Programme. The objective of lAY is to provide financial assistance for construct...

- Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) was launched w.e.f. 1st April, 1999 to ensure development of rural infrastructure at the village level by restructuring the erstwhile Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY). - The Primary objective of JGSY was creation of demand driven community village infrastructure including durable assets at the village level and assets to enable the rural poor to increase the oppor...

- In the last year of the Seventh plan, a broad rural employment programme named Jawabar Rojgar Yojana (IRY) was started on April 1, 1989 by dissolving the National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP). - Since 1993-94, the JRY was implemented in the following three streams: First stream :- Comprising of general works under IRY and two sub-sch...

- The ongoing schemes-the Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) were merged into the Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana (SGRY) on September 25, 2001. - The objective of the programme was to provide additional wage employment in rural areas and also to provide food security, alongside creation of durable community, social and economic assets and infrastructure...

- National Food for Work Programme was launched on November 14, 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country identified by the Planning Commission in consultation with the Ministry of Rural Development and State Government. - The objective of the programme was to provide additional resources apart from the resources available under Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) to 150 most backward...