Saturday, March 1, 2014

Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Secretary and Panchayat Raj Schemes and Programmes

Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Secretary in A.P Panchayat Raj and Rural Employment Subordinate service...Rural Development Evolution of local Self-Government information

Evolution of Local Self-Government
  • Community Development Programme [CDP] - 1952
    • Purpose:
    • Over-all development of rural areas with people's participation.
  • Rural Electrification Corporation - 1969
    • Purpose:
    • Electrification in rural areas.
  • Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme [ARWSP] - 1972-73
    • Purpose:
    • For providing drinking water in villages.
  • Crash Scheme for Rural Employment - 1972-73
    • Purpose:
    • For Rural Employment.
  • Draught Prone Ares Programme [DPAP] - 1973-74
    • Purpose:
    • To minimize the adverse effects of drought on production of crops and livestock and productivity of land, water and human resources ultimately leading to drought proofing of the affected areas.
  • Twenty Point Program - 1975
    • Purpose:
    • Poverty eradication and raising the standard of living.
  • National Institution for Rural Development - 1977
    • Purpose:
    • Training, investigation and advisory organization for rural development.
  • National Rural Employment Programme [NREP] - 1980
    • Purpose:
    • To provide profitable employment opportunities to the rural poor.
  • Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas [DWCRA] - 1982
    • Purpose:
    • To provide suitable opportunities of self-employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line.
  • Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme [RLEGP] - 1983
    • Purpose:
    • For Providing employment to the landless farmers and laborers.
  • National Fund for Rural Development [NFRD] - 1984
    • Purpose:
    • To grant 100% tax rebate to donors and also to provide financial assistance for rural development projects.
  • Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology [CAPART] - 1986
    • Purpose:
    • To provide assistance for rural prosperity.
  • Service Area Account [SAA] - 1988
    • Purpose:
    • A new credit policy for rural areas.
  • Jawahar Rozgar Yojana - 1989
    • Purpose:
    • For providing employment to Rural unemployed.
  • Agriculture and Rural Debt Relief Scheme [ARDRS] - 1990
    • Purpose:
    • To exempt bank loans upto Rs.10,000 of Rural artisans and weavers.
  • Supply of Improved Tool kits to Rural Artisans -1992
    • Purpose:
    • To supply modern tool kits to the rural craftsmen expect the weavers, tailors, embroiders and tobacco laborers who are living below the poverty line.
  • District Rural Development Agency [DRDA] - 1993
    • Purpose:
    • To provide financial assistance for rural development.
  • Mahila Samridhi Yojana - 1993
    • Purpose:
    • To encourage the rural women to deposit in Post Saving Account.
  • Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana - 1999
    • Purpose:
    • For eliminating rural poverty and unemployment and promoting self-employment.
  • Indira Awaas Yojana - 1999
    • Purpose:
    • To help construction of new dwelling units as well as conversion of unserviceable kutcha houses into pucca / semi-pucca by members of SC/STs, freed bonded labourers and also non-SC/ST rural poor below the poverty line by extending them grant-in-aid.
  • Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana - 2000
    • Purpose:
    • To fulfil basic requirments in rural areas.
  • Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana [PMGSY] - 2000
    • Purpose:
    • To line all villages with pakka road.
  • Annapurna Scheme - 2000
    • Purpose:
    • To ensure food security for all create a hunger free India in the next five years and to reform and improve the Public Distribution System so as to serve the poorest of the poor in rural and urban areas.
  • Sampoorna Gramin Rozar Yojana - 2001
    • Purpose:
    • To provide additional wage employment in the rural areas as also food security, along with creation of durable community, social and economic infrastructure in rural areas.
  • Bharat Nirman Program - 2005
    • Purpose:
    • Development of Rural Infrastructure including six components: irrigation, Water supply, Housing, Road, Telephone and Electricity.
  • National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme [NREGA] - 2006
    • Purpose:
    • To provide at-least 100 days wage employment in rural areas.
  • National Livelihood Mission - 2009-10
    • Purpose:
    • To reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self-employment and wage employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in income on sustainable basis.
  • Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana [PMAGY] - 2010
    • Purpose:
    • Integrated development of scheduled castes dominated villages in the country.
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Latest Sample Test Questions from IBPS

IBPS | SBI Questions

1) Which bank is called as central Bank for India?
Ans: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

2) When Reserve Bank of India Act was passed?
Ans: 1934

3) When Reserve Bank of India was established?
Ans: 1st April 1935

4) On which commission's recommendation RBI was established?
Ans: Hilton-Young-Commission

5) When Hilton-Young-Commission submitted its report?
Ans: 1926

6) Initially RBI was started as a private share holders bank with how much fully paid-up capital?
Ans: Rs.5 Crores.

7) When RBI was Nationalised?
Ans: 1st January 1949

8) Who has the sole authority in India to issue Bank notes in India?
Ans: RBI

9)What is the Emblem of RBI?
Ans: Panther and Palm Tree.

10) Initially the HeadQuarter of RBI was in _____
Ans: Calcutta (Now Kolkata)

11) The RBI has how many regional Offices?
Ans: 19 Regional Offices, most of them in state capitals and 9 Sub-offices.

12) Who is the Executive Head of RBI?
Ans: Governor

13) RBI Governor is associated by how many Deputy Governors?
Ans: 4

14) Who was the Indian Governor of RBI at the time of nationalization of RBI in 1949?
Ans: Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh (C D Deshmukh)

15) Who is 1st women Deputy Governor of RBI?
Ans: K.J.Udeshi

16) In how many Indian languages, value of currency note in words is printed on currency notes?
Ans: 15 Languages (on the back side)

17) Full form of RIDF?
Ans: Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

18) Mr.Mohd Yunus related to microfinance of which country?
Ans: Bangladesh

19) Expand ASBA?
Ans: Applications Supported by Blocked Amount

20) What is the Full form of CIBIL?
Ans: Credit Informatrion Bureau India Ltd.,

21) Name a Credit rating agency?
Ans: CRISIL

22) Where is the HeadQuarters of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)?
Ans: Vienna, Austria.

23) Nippon language belongs to which country?
Ans: Japan

24) Now, the HeadQuarters of RBI is in which city?
Ans: Mumbai (Since 1937)

25) EMI stands for?
Ans: Equated Monthly Instalment

26) No frill account is also known as?
Ans: Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

27) Expand CASA?
Ans: Current Account and Savings Bank Account

28) Who is the chief election commissioner of India?
Ans: V S Sampth

29) Where is the HeadQuarters of World Health Organization?
Ans: Geneva, Switzerland.

30) What is the minmum age for a person to become a member of Rajya Sabha?
Ans: 30 Years.