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For Rajasthan, which pair correctly states the Twelfth Five-Year Plan's period and approved outlay?

Correct answer: (A) 1 Apr 2012-31 Mar 2017; ₹194283.44 crore.

Rajasthan's Twelfth Five-Year Plan ran from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2017 and had an approved outlay of ₹194283.44 crore.

  1. (A)

    1 Apr 2012-31 Mar 2017; ₹194283.44 crore

  2. (B)

    1 Apr 2012-31 Mar 2017; ₹71731.98 crore

  3. (C)

    2010-11; ₹24000 crore

  4. (D)

    2011-12; ₹28461.30 crore

Explanation

For Rajasthan, the Twelfth Five-Year Plan is the 2012-17 plan, running from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2017. Rajasthan Adhyayan gives its approved size as ₹194283.44 crore. The Eleventh Five-Year Plan was a separate 2007-12 plan with an approved outlay of ₹71731.98 crore. Rajasthan's ₹24000 crore and ₹28461.30 crore figures belonged to annual plans rather than five-year-plan outlays. The year range and the financial outlay must belong to the same plan type.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) ₹71731.98 crore is the Eleventh Five-Year Plan figure, so it cannot be used as the Twelfth Plan's approved outlay.
  • (C) ₹24000 crore belongs to the 2010-11 annual plan, which is a single-year plan and not the Twelfth Five-Year Plan.
  • (D) ₹28461.30 crore is tied to the 2011-12 annual plan, not to the 2012-17 Twelfth Five-Year Plan.

Concept

Rajasthan's planned economic development requires a clear distinction between Five-Year Plan periods and annual-plan outlays. RAS repeats such figures because plan periods and approved outlays are standard state-economy facts.

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