Which one of the following statements about Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana is NOT correct?
It is a livelihood mission aiming at alleviation of rural poverty
It seeks to mobilize about 9 crore households into community institutions like self-help groups
It is wage employment scheme for the landless agricultural labour
It proposes to build skills of the poor and to enable them to access formal sources of finance
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UPSC Geoscientist – 2020
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is a poverty alleviation program that focuses on promoting diversified and gainful livelihoods for the rural poor. It is primarily a livelihoods mission (A), which includes mobilization into self-help groups (B) and federations (aiming for a large coverage like 9 crore households), and building skills and enabling access to finance (D) for self-employment and better-skilled wage employment. It is NOT primarily a wage employment guarantee scheme like MGNREGA, which focuses on providing unskilled wage labour, particularly for landless agricultural labourers during lean seasons. NRLM focuses on sustainable livelihood enhancement rather than guaranteed daily wage work.