Civics Polity · General Awareness

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

The National Social Assistance Scheme was launched in August 1995. This scheme comes under

  1. Ministry of Human Resource and Development

  2. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  3. Ministry of Rural Development

  4. Ministry of Women and Child Development
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The National Social Assistance Scheme (NSAP) is a centrally sponsored scheme administered by the Ministry of Rural Development. Launched in August 1995, it provides social assistance to vulnerable groups including elderly people (above 60 years), widows, and disabled persons living below the poverty line. The scheme aligns with the ministry's focus on rural welfare.

Multiple choice

The poorest of poor households in India are entitled to receive 35 kg food grains per household per month at highly subsidised prices of Rs. 3, Rs. 2 and Re. 1 per kg for rice, wheat, and coarse grains, respectively. Under which scheme are these instituted by the government?

  1. Food Security Act

  2. National Food Security Mission

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Anna Suraksha Yojana

  4. Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2000 to provide highly subsidized food grains to the poorest of the poor. AAY households receive 35 kg of food grains per month at Rs. 3/2/1 for rice/wheat/coarse grains.

Multiple choice

Which of the following facts is/are true about the SABLA Scheme of the Government of India?

  1. It was launched in the year 2010-11 for the empowerment of rural women and aims at making them financially independent.
  2. The scheme is implemented via State/U. T. administration with 100% financial assistance from the Centre.

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. 1 and 2 both

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The SABLA scheme aims towards the empowerment and self-development of Adolescent girls in the age group of 11-18 years.

Multiple choice

The Ujjawala scheme of the Centre aims at assisting which of the following groups of women?

  1. Sex workers

  2. Widows abandoned by families

  3. Victims of domestic violence

  4. Victims of trafficking
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ujjawala Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration was launched by the Central Government  to prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social mobilisation and involvement of local communities, awareness generation programmes, generate public discourse through workshops/seminars and such events and any other innovative activity and to facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe custody.

Multiple choice

Which of the following Central Government Schemes would you associate with providing holistic and integrated services to women in difficult circumstances such as destitute widows, women prisoners released but without family support, women survivors of natural disasters rendered homeless, etc.?

  1. Sabla

  2. Swayamsiddha

  3. Swadhar

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

'Swadhar' has been designed with a flexible and innovative approach to cater to the requirement of various types of women in   distress in diverse situations under different conditions. The Swadhar Scheme purports to address the specific vulnerability of each of group of women in difficult circumstances through a Home-based holistic and integrated approach.

Multiple choice

Which of the following bodies introduced the scheme of Family Counselling Centres in the year 1983?

  1. National Commission for Women

  2. Central Social Welfare Board

  3. Ministry for Women and Child Development

  4. National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The scheme of FCCs was introduced by Central Social Welfare Board in 1983. Under the FCC scheme, counselling, referral and rehabilitative services to women victims who are in moral danger within the family or society at large including those affected by disputes, marital discord or maladjustment is provided free of charge.

Multiple choice

The Tagore Commemorative Grant Scheme was launched by the Government of India to celebrate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th Birth Anniversary. The organizations eligible for grant under this scheme are

  1. all not-for-profit organizations

  2. all individuals as well as organizations working with the Ministry of Culture

  3. all religious, political and educational organizations

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The scheme will cover assistance to all forms of 'not-for-profit' organizations, including Societies, Trusts, Universities (including University's Centres and Institutions), Schools, Colleges, Research Institutions, Government-assisted Organizations etc. 

Multiple choice

Which of the following major recommendations were arrived at after the first meeting of the Prime Minister's National Council for India's Nutrition Challenges?

  1. Strengthening and restructuring the ICDS Scheme
  2. Introducing a nation-wide information, education and communication campaign against malnutrition
  3. Setting up of a Food and Nutrition Board as an attached office under the Ministry of Women and Child Development

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. All three
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Food and Nutrition Board is a pre-existing institution, which operates through a technical wing at the Centre and four regional offices. It was established in 1964 under the Ministry of Agriculture. The Prime Minister's National Council for India's Nutritional Challenges met for the first time on 24th November, 2010.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts about the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana:

  1. This scheme has been introduced to provide support to pregnant as well as lactating women, 19 years and above of age.
  2. Besides providing for cash transfers for medical and nutritional needs, the scheme also provides for compensation for wage loss due to pregnancy.

Which of the above is/are true?

  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

 It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women of 19 years of age or above for first two live births. It provides a partial wage compensation to women for wage-loss during childbirth and childcare and to provide conditions for safe delivery, good nutrition and feeding practices. 

Multiple choice

The Sampoorna Grameen Swarozgar Yojana has now been subsumed under

  1. MGNREGA

  2. SJSRY

  3. NRLM

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

The Sampoorna Grameen Swarozga rYojna (SGSY) in rural areas is a holistic livelihood programme focused on SHGs of households below the poverty line.  This is now subsumed under the National Rural Livelihood Mission.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts about the Rashtriya Swastha Bima Yojana:

  1. It is cash based insurance cover.
  2. It provides an insurance cover of Rs. 30, 000 per annum per family.
  3. It only applies to BPL families employed in the unorganized sector. Which of the above are true?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. All three
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Rashtriya Swastha Bima Yojana (RSBY), providing for smart card based cashless health insurance cover of Rs. 30,000/- per annum per family to BPL families (a unit of five) in unorganized sector.

Multiple choice

The Mahila Samriddhi Yojana and Mahila Kisan Yojana have been introduced by which of the following agencies?

  1. National Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation

  2. National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation

  3. NABARD

  4. Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Mahila Samriddhi Yojana and Mahila Kisan Yojana were women-focused financial inclusion schemes. The National Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) has been involved in implementing various financial schemes for marginalized communities, including women from scheduled castes. NABARD focuses on agricultural and rural development but is not the primary agency for these specific schemes. CAPART focuses on rural technology advancement, and the National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation serves disabled persons.

Multiple choice

The Command Area Development Programme (CADP) has been renamed as

  1. Command Area Development and Environment Conservation Programme

  2. Community Development Programme

  3. Command Area Reconstruction Programme

  4. Command Area Development and Water Management Programme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Command Area Development Programme is an integrated area development approach towards the command areas of major and medium irrigation projects in the country. The programme is aimed at bridging the gap between created irrigation potential and its utilization in the command area. The programme was restructured and renamed as Command Area Development & Water Management (CADWM) Programme w.e.f. 1-4-2004.

Multiple choice

With which of the following programmes can Bharat Nirman Volunteer (Bharat Nirman Sevak) be associated?

  1. Diksha

  2. Pura

  3. Asha

  4. Anganwadi scheme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Bharat Nirman Volunteer (Bharat Nirman Sevak) was associated with the Diksha programme, which focused on skill development and training. Bharat Nirman was a flagship infrastructure development programme, and its volunteers were part of the capacity-building initiatives. PURA focuses on urban amenities, ASHA is a health worker programme, and Anganwadi is a child care scheme - none of these specifically align with the Bharat Nirman Volunteer programme.