Question

    Which of the following led to the initiation of the Mahila Samakhya Programme in 1989?

    A New Education Policy 2020 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B National Policy on Education 1986 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C National Policy on Education 1968 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Right to Education Act 2009 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The Mahila Samakhya Programme, started in 1989 as a national programme for women's empowerment under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), was a response to a national policy for education 1986 policy that recognised education as a means of women's empowerment.

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