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RAS question

Match List-I (Rural Development Scheme) with List-II (Key Feature/Ministry): List-I: (a) PMAY-G (b) Jal Jeevan Mission (c) PMGSY (d) DAY-NRLM (Rajivika in Rajasthan) List-II: (1) All-weather rural road connectivity (2) Tap water connection to every rural household (3) Self-Help Groups and rural livelihoods (4) Pucca house for rural poor

Correct answer: (A) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3.

PMAY-G corresponds to pucca housing for the rural poor; Jal Jeevan Mission to tap-water connections for rural households; PMGSY to all-weather rural road connectivity; and DAY-NRLM, implemented in Rajasthan as Rajivika, to Self-Help Groups and rural livelihoods.

  1. (A)

    a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3

  2. (B)

    a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3

  3. (C)

    a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

  4. (D)

    a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

Explanation

Option A is the only correct sequence because each scheme matches its main rural-development function. The Ministry of Rural Development's year-end review, published by the Press Information Bureau, describes PMAY-G as providing eligible rural households with a pucca house and basic amenities. It places PMGSY under rural connectivity, providing a single all-weather road to eligible unconnected habitations. It places DAY-NRLM under rural livelihoods, organising rural poor households into Self-Help Groups and supporting diversified livelihoods. Jal Jeevan Mission provides tap-water connections to rural households. Therefore, the correct sequence is A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) It assigns road connectivity to PMAY-G and pucca housing to PMGSY, reversing the functions of the rural housing and rural roads schemes.
  • (C) It assigns Jal Jeevan Mission to Self-Help Groups and DAY-NRLM/Rajivika to tap-water connections, whereas Jal Jeevan Mission provides rural tap-water connections and DAY-NRLM/Rajivika supports livelihoods through Self-Help Groups.
  • (D) It treats PMAY-G as a Self-Help Group and livelihood scheme and DAY-NRLM/Rajivika as a housing scheme, although the former provides pucca housing for the rural poor and the latter supports rural livelihoods through Self-Help Groups.

Concept

This question tests the RAS syllabus area covering centrally sponsored rural-development schemes and their administrative objectives. Questions about their implementation in Rajasthan often use this matching format because aspirants must distinguish housing, water, road-connectivity and livelihood programmes whose names or acronyms can appear similar.

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