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Correct Answer: Option (C) — one man and one woman in a rural family living below the poverty line
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedThe Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS), launched in 1993, aimed to provide 100 days of assured manual employment during the lean agricultural season to rural poor families living below the poverty line, with a provision for a maximum of two adults per family (one man and one woman).
EAS specifically provided guaranteed lean-season wage employment for up to two adults (one man and one woman) per BPL family.
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