Members of the women’s self-help groups organised by Jeevika in Bihar are popularly known as:
- A.Jeevika Didi
- B.Asha Didi
- C.Mukhiya Didi
- D.Saheli
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Jeevika Didi. The women who form and run the self-help groups of the programme are called Jeevika Didi in common speech and in government communication, and they have taken on work far beyond saving and lending, including running Didi ki Rasoi canteens, selling seeds and sanitary napkins, and keeping accounts for their groups.
Option B, Asha Didi, confuses them with the accredited social health activist, the Asha worker of the health mission, who works on maternal and child health at the village level. Option C is invented; the Mukhiya is the elected head of a gram panchayat in Bihar and is not part of the self-help group structure. Option D, Saheli, is a term used in other programmes and brand names, not for Jeevika members. The programme is asked along with the Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana, which lifts the poorest households, including those that depended on the liquor trade before prohibition, into the self-help group system.
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Practice Questions
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- A.2006
- B.2011
- C.2016
- D.2021
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- B.Electricity to every household
- C.A toilet in every house
- D.A paved lane in front of every house
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- A.Rs 1 lakh
- B.Rs 2 lakh
- C.Rs 4 lakh
- D.Rs 10 lakh
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- B.Four per cent
- C.Seven per cent
- D.Nine per cent
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- A.Tractor repair and welding
- B.Communication skills, behavioural skills and basic computer use
- C.Organic farming
- D.Weaving and handicraft
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