Multiple choice

Which of the following programmes in India comes under the Department of Rural Development?

  1. Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
  2. Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY)
  3. Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)
  4. National Social Assistance programme (NSAP)

  1. 1, 3 and 4

  2. 2 and 4

  3. 1, 2 and 4

  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Explanation

The Ministry of Rural Development has three departments viz. Department of Rural Development, Department of Drinking Water Supply and Department of Land Resources.

Programmes under the Department of Rural Development:

  • Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
  • Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)
  • Rural Housing (Indira Awaas Yojana)
  • DRDA Administration
  • Training Schemes
  • Promotion of Voluntary Schemes and Social Action Programme, organization of beneficiaries, advancement and dissemination of rural technology through CAPART
  • Monitoring mechanism
  • Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA)
Programmes under the Department of Drinking Water Supply:
  • Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme
  • Sector Reforms
  • Sub Missions
  • Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
  • Human Resource Development (HRD)
  • Management Information System (MIS)
  • Monitoring And Evaluation
  • Research And Development
  • Total Sanitation Campaign 2004
Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), Desert Development Programme (DDP), Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP), etc. come under the Department of Land Resources. 

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