Fundamentals of Extension Education (1+1)

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) 1979

 
• The finance minister announced a new scheme which aimed at providing employment in backward districts with chronic poverty and unemployment. This new scheme was named as Jawaharlal Nehru Rozgar Yojana. It was also stated that NREP and RLEGP would be merged into one programme and implemented as a centrally sponsored scheme with a 80:20 sharing funds between the centre and the states. Later it was called as JRY.

Objectives
• To generate additional gainful employment for the unemployed rural youth.
• To create productive community assets which would benefit the poor sections thus, strengthening the rural infrastructure.
• To improve the overall quality of life in areas.

Main features of JRY
• The target group comprises persons living below poverty line.
• Preference is given to SC's and ST's among the poor.
• At least 30 per cent of the beneficiaries are women.
• All works which lead to creation of durable community assets can be taken up.
• Higher priority is to be given to works which are required as infrastructure under poverty alleviation programmes.
• For social forestry works the participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOS) is ought.
• Wages under JRY could be paid partly in cash and partly in food grain (1.5 kg/ Man/day).
• DRDA's/ Zilla Parishads are responsible for implementation of JRY at district level and village panchayats at the Gram Panchayats Level.
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