RAS question
Arrange the following rural water supply and electrification programmes in the order they were launched (earliest first): 1. Jal Jeevan Mission 2. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) 3. Saubhagya Scheme 4. DDUGJY (Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana)
Correct answer: (B) 2 → 4 → 3 → 1.
The correct launch chronology is Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, then Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, then Saubhagya, and finally Jal Jeevan Mission.
Explanation
RGGVY comes first because PIB records that the Government of India launched Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana in April 2005 to provide electricity access to all rural households and electrify all villages. DDUGJY follows it in the sequence: DDUGJY was placed in 2015 and replaced RGGVY, while PIB confirms DDUGJY was launched later for rural electrification works. Saubhagya comes next because PIB says Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana was launched in September 2017 for last-mile household electricity connections. Jal Jeevan Mission is last, as PIB states that it was announced on 15 August 2019 to provide drinking water through functional household tap connections.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) It wrongly starts with Jal Jeevan Mission, although JJM was announced in August 2019 and therefore comes after the rural electrification schemes.
- (C) It places Saubhagya before DDUGJY, but DDUGJY came before the September 2017 Saubhagya household-electrification scheme.
- (D) It places DDUGJY before RGGVY, although RGGVY was launched in April 2005 and DDUGJY came later as the successor rural electrification programme.
Concept
This tests chronology of flagship rural infrastructure schemes, especially the shift from village electrification to household electrification and then household tap-water coverage. RAS often asks such sequencing because Rajasthan economy questions link Union schemes to rural service delivery.