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प्रश्न
What is meant by ‘Food for Work’ programme?
उत्तर
Food for Work (FFW) programme was started in 1977-78 with the objective of generating ample employment opportunities for unskilled labourers concentrated in the drought-affected states of Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, M.P, Orissa, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttaranchal. This programme provides food in exchange for work done by labourers. This programme was aimed to protect poor people against a reduction in their purchasing power capacity in natural calamities-prone areas. The work done by the labourers includes watershed development works, water harvesting and the construction of metal roads connecting rural and urban areas. This programme not only provides labourers with food but also creates semi-durable assets that facilitate the economic and social development of the backward areas.
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