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How many farmers are expected to benefit from PMDDKY?

Correct answer: (B) 1.7 crore.

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana is projected to benefit 1.7 crore farmers directly.

  1. (A)

    1 crore

  2. (B)

    1.7 crore

  3. (C)

    2.5 crore

  4. (D)

    3 crore

Explanation

PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana is expected to benefit 1.7 crore farmers directly. The intended beneficiaries are primarily small and marginal farmers owning less than 2 hectares. Press Information Bureau states that PMDDKY uses saturation-based convergence of 36 Central schemes across 11 ministries and is projected to benefit 1.7 crore farmers directly. That makes 1.7 crore the precise answer, not merely a broad estimate. The logic of the scheme also matters for the MCQ: it is framed around coordinated delivery of existing programmes to the last-mile farmer, so the beneficiary count is tied to direct farmer-level reach rather than a generic district or household estimate.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 1 crore understates the officially cited PMDDKY beneficiary projection, which is 1.7 crore farmers directly.
  • (C) 2.5 crore is higher than the figure given by Press Information Bureau and is not the expected beneficiary count.
  • (D) 3 crore overstates the scheme's stated direct beneficiary projection of 1.7 crore farmers.

Concept

This tests government schemes in the Indian Economy syllabus, especially beneficiary targeting and scheme design. Such figures recur in RAS because schemes are often asked through their officially stated coverage, target group, and implementation logic.

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