The schemes were launched to provide food security to the poor.

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Targeted Public Distribution System

Annapurna Scheme

National Food for Work Programme

All of these

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Targeted Public Distribution System: To guarantee that families living below the poverty line have access to a minimal amount of food grains, the government introduced the TPDS in June 1997.

National Food for Work Programme: This was started on November 14, 2004, to increase the creation of supplemental wage jobs in 150 of the nation's most underdeveloped districts.

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY): In December 2000, this program was introduced. One crore of the BPL families enrolled in the targeted Public Distribution System and considered the poorest were identified under the scheme.

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