Q1. Consider the following statements about Rajasthan environmental initiatives:\nAssertion (A): The Rajasthan Budget 2026 27 has set a target of planting and protecting 100 million saplings under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign.\nReason (R): Western Rajasthan faces advancing desertification and groundwater depletion making large scale afforestation and water conservation a state development priority.\nWhich of the following is correct?
Explanation
Both Assertion A and Reason R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. The Rajasthan Budget 2026 27 has indeed set a target of planting and protecting 100 million saplings under Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam confirming A. Western Rajasthan including districts of the Thar covers parts of the Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana command and faces advancing desertification and steep groundwater decline making R correct. The Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan Jan Abhiyan and the 100 million sapling target are direct policy responses to these ecological pressures making R the correct explanation of A.