<P> The five year plans immediately after independence tried to focus on poverty alleviation through sectoral programmes . The first five - year plan focused on agricultural production as a way of addressing poverty while second and third plans focused on massive state led investments for employment generation in public sector . While these policies did some policy generation, they did not have enough strength to effect a sweeping effect . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) is the restructured, streamlined and comprehensive version of the erstwhile Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY). It was started on 1 April 1999 . The main aim of this programme was development of rural areas . Infrastructure like roads to connect the village to different area, which made the village more accessible and also other social, educational (schools) and infrastructure like hospitals . Its secondary objective was to give out sustained wage employment . This was only given to BPL (below the poverty line) families and fund was to be spent for individual beneficiary schemes for SCs and STs and 3% for the establishment of barrier free infrastructure for the disabled people . The village panchayats were one of the main governing body of this programme . Rs. 1841.80 crore was used and they had a target of 8.57 lakh works . 5.07 lakh works were completed during 1999--2000 </P>

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