Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Rural Development Programmes)	List-II (Year of Starting)
(A) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana	(I) 2006
(B) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act	(II) 1999
(C) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana	(III) 1989
(D) Integrated Watershed Development Programme	(IV) 15th August 1993

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is A

The correct answer is (A) (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

Explanation:
• Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY): Launched on 15th August 1993 to provide self-employment opportunities to educated unemployed youth.
• MGNREGA: The act was passed in 2005, but the programme was officially launched on 2nd February 2006 in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.
• Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY): Launched in April 1999 after restructuring several existing schemes like IRDP and TRYSEM.
• Integrated Watershed Development Programme (IWDP): Launched in 1989 to improve productive potential of degraded lands.

Information Booster:
• PMRY was later merged with the Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) to form the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in 2008.
• MGNREGA is the largest social security scheme in the world, guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment.
• SGSY was later restructured into the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) or Aajeevika.

Additional Knowledge:
• (Option I) 2006 is specifically the year MGNREGA implementation began in 200 districts.
• (Option II) 1999 is also the year the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was restructured into Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY).
• (Option IV) 1993 is also the year the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts came into force, revolutionizing rural and urban local bodies.