Jawahar Rozgar Yojana for rural employment was started in the year

The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was launched on April $1$, **$1989$ **, under the administration of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It was established by merging the National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) and the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) to generate meaningful wage employment for the rural unemployed and underemployed.