What is the minimum annual household income for a self-help group member to be counted as a Lakhpati Didi?
- A.Rs 50,000
- B.Rs 1 lakh
- C.Rs 2 lakh
- D.Rs 5 lakh
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rs 1 lakh. A Lakhpati Didi is a woman of a rural self-help group whose household earns at least that much in a year, and the test is applied to the family's total earnings rather than to what she alone brings in. The amount is worked out after expenses are met and is expected to hold steady across agricultural seasons or business cycles, with approved farm and non-farm work both counted. Option A, Rs 50,000, is only half the benchmark and would bring in households the drive treats as still short of the line. Options C and D, Rs 2 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, set the bar far above the official definition; had either been used, the reported achievement of 3.76 crore Lakhpati Didis by June 2026 and the goal of six crore by March 2029 would both mean something quite different. The ministry's note of 15 November 2026 states the Rs 1 lakh mark plainly.
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Practice Questions
Under which mission is the Lakhpati Didi initiative being implemented?
- A.Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin
- B.Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission
- C.Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
- D.PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
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The Lakhpati Didi drive was built on top of this mission rather than given a separate structure of its own, because DAY-NRLM already organises women of poor rural households into self-help groups and links them to savings, banks, credit, training and markets.
Read the full explanation →By when is the initiative aiming to create six crore Lakhpati Didis?
- A.March 2027
- B.March 2028
- C.March 2029
- D.March 2030
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The goal has been revised more than once. When the drive was announced on 15 August 2023 the aim was two crore women from self-help group households; the Interim Budget of February 2024 raised it to three crore; that three-crore mark was met ahead of time by December 2025; and…
Read the full explanation →Which institution carried out the independent assessment that found a 61 percent rise in average monthly household income of Lakhpati Didi households?
- A.IIM Ahmedabad
- B.NITI Aayog
- C.National Sample Survey Office
- D.Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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The assessment was described as an independent one, covered 6,531 respondents across 17 states and union territories, and reported that average monthly household income in Lakhpati Didi homes was higher by 61 percent while average monthly savings were higher by 61.7 percent.
Read the full explanation →Which three Apex Corporations of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment brought artisans to IITF 2026?
- A.NSFDC, NBCFDC and NSKFDC
- B.NSFDC, NABARD and SIDBI
- C.TRIFED, NBCFDC and KVIC
- D.NSKFDC, NHFDC and NMDFC
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These are the three Apex Corporations named as the route through which the artisans reached the Ministry's pavilion at the fair, and they match the communities the pavilion serves: Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Safai Mitras.
Read the full explanation →How many artisans are taking part in the Social Justice Ministry's pavilion at the 45th India International Trade Fair 2026?
- A.More than 130 artisans from 19 states
- B.More than 190 artisans from 13 states
- C.More than 500 artisans from 28 states
- D.More than 75 artisans from 9 states
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That is the scale of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment's participation in this year's trade fair, and the artisans have reached the pavilion through the Ministry's three Apex Corporations, NSFDC, NBCFDC and NSKFDC.
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