RAS question
Indira Rasoi Yojana provides:
Correct answer: (C) Subsidized meals at ₹8 per plate.
Indira Rasoi Yojana provided nutritious meals to poor and needy people at a subsidised rate of Rs. 8 per plate.
Explanation
Indira Rasoi Yojana is correctly matched with subsidised meals because it provided clean, quality, nutritious food to poor and needy people at Rs. 8 per plate. According to the official report of the Sixth State Finance Commission, Rajasthan, the subsidy arrangement was direct: each meal cost Rs. 25, of which the State Government bore Rs. 17. Therefore, option C is correct. The scheme was launched on 20 August 2020 and renamed Shri Annapurna Rasoi Yojana in January 2024. Its defining benefit was cooked, nutritious food at a fixed subsidised price, rather than housing, education, or medical treatment.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Free housing does not match Indira Rasoi Yojana because it was a subsidised food scheme for needy people.
- (B) Free education was outside Indira Rasoi Yojana's benefit; the scheme provided quality, nutritious food at Rs. 8 per plate.
- (D) Free medical treatment was associated with other welfare schemes, such as Chiranjeevi Yojana; Indira Rasoi Yojana provided subsidised meals.
Concept
This question tests identification of a flagship Rajasthan welfare scheme through its benefit, target group, and subsidy design, especially food support for poor and needy urban residents. Such questions recur in RAS because a scheme's purpose, beneficiaries, and most concrete service-delivery feature are often asked directly.