alleryStart learning →Kudumbashree, the women-oriented poverty reduction programme, is implemented in
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BPunjab
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DKerala
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Kerala
1. Kudumbashree is community-based and women-oriented.
2. It is implemented in **Kerala**.
3. A thrift and credit society began under it in 1995 to encourage savings among poor women.
4. It mobilised Rs 1 crore in thrift savings and is acclaimed among the largest informal banks in Asia.
_Source: syllabus Indian Economic Development, Ch 5 "Rural Development", section 5.3 CREDIT AND MARKETING IN RURA L_
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