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AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) was launched in which year?

Correct answer: (B) 2015.

AMRUT, the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, was launched on 25 June 2015.

  1. (A)

    2014

  2. (B)

    2015

  3. (C)

    2016

  4. (D)

    2013

Explanation

AMRUT is a 2015 urban-infrastructure mission, not a pre-2014 programme. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs states that AMRUT was launched in 500 selected cities across India on 25 June 2015, which fixes the answer as 2015. AMRUT focuses on basic urban infrastructure in cities with a population of 1 lakh and above, especially water supply, sewerage and green spaces. For Rajasthan, 30 cities were covered under AMRUT for these urban-service priorities. The launch year matters in RAS geography because it connects a national urban renewal scheme to Rajasthan's city-level infrastructure planning.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 2014 belongs to the end phase of JNNURM, which ran from 2005 to 2014; AMRUT was launched only in June 2015.
  • (C) 2016 is too late because AMRUT was launched in June 2015; confusing it with AMRUT 2.0 also fails because AMRUT 2.0 was launched in 2021.
  • (D) 2013 falls in the JNNURM era and predates AMRUT, which replaced that earlier urban-renewal phase after its 2015 launch.

Concept

Government of India urban-development missions form an important part of Rajasthan geography. RAS repeats such schemes because candidates must link national programme timelines with Rajasthan's water supply, sewerage and urban green-space priorities.

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