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The 'Kudumbashree' programme for women's empowerment and poverty eradication was launched by which state?

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Answer: Option D — Kerala

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"Kudumbashree" is the poverty eradication and women's empowerment programme of the Government of Kerala. It was launched on 17 May 1998.

About Kudumbashree:

  • The name means "prosperity of the family" in Malayalam.
  • It is implemented by the State Poverty Eradication Mission (SPEM) of the Kerala government, working closely with local self-government institutions (panchayats and municipalities).
  • It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Malappuram.
  • It is one of the largest women's self-help networks in Asia, with several million women members.

Its structure has three tiers:

  • Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs): the basic units, each with about 10 to 20 women from neighbouring households.
  • Area Development Societies (ADS): at the ward level.
  • Community Development Societies (CDS): at the panchayat or municipality level.

Its activities include:

  • Thrift and credit: members save small amounts regularly and give loans to each other.
  • Micro-enterprises: such as catering, tailoring, handicrafts, food processing and farming.
  • Group farming ("Sangha Krishi"), in which women cultivate leased land.
  • Running community kitchens, including "Janakeeya Hotels" that provide low-cost meals.
  • Collecting waste through the "Haritha Karma Sena".
  • Social programmes for destitute families, the elderly and people with disabilities.

Recognition:

It is a "National Resource Organisation" under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM, now Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NRLM), and helps other states set up similar programmes.

Similar programmes elsewhere:

  • Andhra Pradesh: "Velugu" (Indira Kranthi Patham), a self-help group programme.
  • Tamil Nadu: "Mahalir Thittam".
  • Self-help groups (SHGs) are also supported by NABARD's SHG-Bank Linkage Programme (1992).

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Tamil Nadu runs the "Mahalir Thittam" programme.
  • ✗Andhra Pradesh ran the "Velugu" programme.
  • ✗Karnataka has the "Stree Shakti" programme.

Quick tip

Remember: Kudumbashree = Kerala (17 May 1998; "prosperity of the family"; three tiers: NHG, ADS, CDS; national resource organisation under DAY-NRLM).

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