In which of the following Five Year Plans for the first time in the history of planned development in India, the empowerment of women was adopted as one of the objectives?

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• Which Five Year Plan declared the Empowerment of women as one of the Nine primary objectives and the transfer of control of social infrastructure in the public sphere to women’s groups as a strategy of the plan?
• Who was the Minister of Women and Child Development when the National Policy on Empowerment of Women was framed?
• When was the National Mission for empowerment of women launched by the government of India?
• Which scheme promotes community participation through involvement of student volunteers for empowerment of rural women?
• The National Policy for the empowerment of women was passed in :
• Women are often denied their social, cultural, economic and political rights leading to a decline in the condition of women. This gender based inequality against women is called
• Which of the following schemes was launched by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2002 for rehabilitation of women in difficult circumstances?
• In which year did the women’s movement emerge and had a strong impact on colleges and universities to start women’s studies as an academic discipline?
• Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides that ‘not less than one-third (including number of seats reserved for women belonging to SC and ST) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct elections in every municipality shall be reserved for women and seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a municipality’?
• In which year did the UGC bring out the guidelines for development of women studies in Indian Universities and Colleges ?