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Indian Government Initiatives

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Indian government initiatives cover national schemes for healthcare, education, rural housing, and cultural conservation. Test takers must understand the objectives and target demographics of various central and state programs. This is a highly scoring area in the general awareness section of SSC, banking, and PSC exams.

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Indian Government Initiatives Questions

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following statements with regard to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), $2005$ is/are correct?
$1$. The legislation makes the Government legally bound to provide employment to those who seek it.
$2$. As a district is notified under the Act, the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana is automatically merged in the NREGA.
Select the correct answer using the code given.

  1. $1$ only
  2. $2$ only
  3. Both $1$ and $2$
  4. Neither $1$ nor $2$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, $2005$ was enacted on August $25$, $2005$. This scheme is now known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was merged into this scheme. The act aims at enhancing livelihood security to household in rural areas of country by provision of employment opportunities to those who are willing to work.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Under the new scheme of employment generation in the rural areas, all the ongoing schemes have been amalgamated with the _________.

  1. National Rural Employment Programme

  2. Jawahar Rozgar Yojna

  3. Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  4. Intergrated Rural Development Programme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Jawahar Rozgar Yojna was launched in 1989 by merging the National Rural Employment Programme and the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme. It aimed to provide gainful employment to the unemployed and underemployed in rural areas.

Multiple choice general knowledge introduction to indian polity and governance union territory, reorganisation of the states and citizenship merger of princely states post - independence india

'AADHAAR' is a programme ___________.

  1. to help senior citizens

  2. to provide nutritional support to adolescent woman

  3. to train people for social defence

  4. to provide identity to Indian residents
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Aadhaar is a unique identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide a verifiable identity to Indian residents.

Multiple choice history public and private sectors growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

In Maharashtra, Academy of Development Science (ADS) has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up _____ in different regions.

  1. Milk banks

  2. Money banks

  3. Cloth banks

  4. Ration banks

  5. Grain banks
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Academy of Development Science located in Maharashtra is a Network of NGOs which sets up grain banks. Previously rural and tribal people used to cure diseases by plants and their products. But deforestation in present day caused damage to those plants. This is the reason why the NGO distributes grains and seeds to rural and tribal people so that they can plant such ayurvedic and rare species.

Multiple choice history industrial sector growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

Which of the following housing schemes was/were launched by HUDCO to give special emphasis on the development of rural areas of the country?
(A) Indira Awas Yojana
(B) Adarsh Gram/Adarsh Basti Yojana
(C) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

HUDCO started its rural housing activity from 1977-78 by extending loan assistance on affordable terms for construction of rural houses.

Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) is the biggest and most comprehensive rural housing programme ever taken up in the country. 
There shall an Empowered Committee chaired by Secretary(RD)/Additional Secretary(RD) consisting the of following members
 i. Joint Secretary (Rural Housing) 
ii. Adviser (Planning Commission) 
iii. Representative of HUDCO
 iv. The representative of Knowledge Network 
v. Representatives of two eminent NGOs from the field of building construction
 vi. Secretary dealing with Rural Housing, of the state concerned
 vii. Representative of I.F.D 

Multiple choice history industrial sector growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

Which of the following is not a social assistance programme launched by the Government of India?

  1. National Old Age Pension Scheme

  2. Annapurna Scheme

  3. National Family Benefit Scheme

  4. All are social assistance programmes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All the listed programs (National Old Age Pension Scheme, Annapurna Scheme, and National Family Benefit Scheme) are components of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) launched by the Government of India.

Multiple choice history industrial sector growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

Digital India programme has been launched ____________.

  1. to increase the outreach of government services to the citizens of India by increasing the number of internet users.

  2. to provide broadband connectivity to poor people in India.

  3. to bring down the high rate of internet charges

  4. to provide broadband connectivity to students studying in college
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Digital India programme was launched by the Government of India to ensure that government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and increasing internet connectivity.

Multiple choice history industrial sector growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

The start-up scheme provides loans to entrepreneurs of ________________________.

  1. the Scheduled Caste

  2. the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes

  3. the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes as well as women

  4. the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes as well as women & men.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The start-up schemes provide loans to entrepreneurs of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes as well as women. The start-up helps to promote the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in India. It also promotes economic growth and development.

Multiple choice

All of the following were advancements & improved infrastructure to India EXCEPT

  1. The Ganga Canal

  2. postal service

  3. radio

  4. colleges
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Ganga Canal, postal services, and colleges were all significant infrastructure or institutional developments introduced or expanded during the British Raj. Radio, however, was a 20th-century technology that became prominent much later and was not part of the initial colonial infrastructure building phase.

Multiple choice infrastructure in india infrastructure tertiary sector economics

For low-income countries, basic infrastructure services are _____.

  1. irrigation

  2. transport

  3. power

  4. all of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 

According to UN General Assembly, transport,  power and irrigation are the very basic elements of the state. A state must have these kinds of basic requirements. In, low income countries infrastructure is not seen and treated well so negligible growth took place. 
Hence, D is the correct option.

Multiple choice infrastructure in india infrastructure tertiary sector economics

Which one area of infrastructure is not included in Bharat Nirman Scheme $(2005-09)$?

  1. Irrigation

  2. Rural roads

  3. Rural health

  4. Rural housing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Bharat Nirman Yojana aims at developing rural infrastructure. It has six sectors and targets for next four years. These are:
(i) Irrigation (ii) Roads
(iii) Housing (iv) Water Supply
(v) Electrification.

Multiple choice infrastructure in india infrastructure tertiary sector economics

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was launched to __________.

  1. provide house to the rural poor

  2. provide road connectivity through good all weather roads to unconnected villages

  3. food security to the urban poor

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched to provide all-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations.

Multiple choice infrastructure in india infrastructure tertiary sector economics

______ aims to provide road connectivity by way of good all-weather for hitherto unconnected villages.

  1. Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)

  2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

  3. Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

  4. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations.

Multiple choice infrastructure in india infrastructure tertiary sector economics

'Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikiran' Programme focusses on ________.

  1. improving the quality of power

  2. rural electrification

  3. restructuring of SEBs

  4. encouraging private sector Investment in Power
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was specifically launched to accelerate rural electrification across India.