Which reference to the governments welfare schemes, consider the following statements : 1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs. 3 per kg for rice 2. Under the N

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Q: 96 (IAS/2002)
Which reference to the government’s welfare schemes, consider the following statements :
1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs. 3 per kg for rice
2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs 75 per month as Central pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Governments.
3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per Below Poverty Line family per month, at less than half the economic cost.
Which of these statements are correct ?

question_subject: 

Economics

question_exam: 

IAS

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The correct answer is option 4 which includes all three statements.

Statement 1 refers to the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, a scheme introduced by the Indian government to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families. The price mentioned in the statement is accurate and thus, the statement is correct.

Statement 2 references to the National Old Age Pension Scheme. This scheme gives provision to provide pension to the elderly, varying from state to state. It is true that central pension, in addition to this, provides Rs.75 per month to the elderly. Hence, this statement is also correct.

Statement 3 is about the allocation of food grains under the Indian government`s welfare schemes. As per the scheme, each below poverty line family is given a certain amount of food grains each month. The statement mentions 25 kg of food grain, at less than half the economic cost per family per month which is accurate. Therefore, this statement is correct.

So all three statements 1, 2, and 3 are correct.