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Match List-I (Rural Infrastructure Scheme) with List-II (Launched Year / Key Objective): List-I: (a) PMGSY (b) DDUGJY (c) Jal Jeevan Mission (d) Saubhagya List-II: (1) Household electrification — every rural home by Dec 2018 (2) Rural road connectivity — habitations ≥500 population (3) Tap water connection to every rural household by December 2028 under JJM 2.0 (4) Feeder separation and 24×7 power to rural areas

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

The correct matching is PMGSY for rural road connectivity to habitations of at least 500 population, DDUGJY for feeder separation and 24x7 rural power, Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 for tap water to every rural household by December 2028, and Saubhagya for household electrification by December 2018.

  1. (A)

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

  2. (B)

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

  3. (C)

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

  4. (D)

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

Explanation

This is a classic rural-infrastructure matching question: separate the sector first, then attach the flagship objective. PMGSY belongs to rural roads, so it matches habitations of at least 500 population. DDUGJY belongs to rural power distribution, especially feeder separation and reliable 24x7 power for agriculture and rural households. Jal Jeevan Mission is the drinking-water scheme; the verified PMO source on JJM 2.0 says the mission is being extended to provide tap water connections to all 19.36 crore rural households by December 2028. Saubhagya is different from DDUGJY: it targeted household electrification, with the deadline framed as December 2018. Therefore the sequence is a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) It swaps DDUGJY and Saubhagya: DDUGJY is about feeder separation and rural power distribution, while Saubhagya is about household electrification.
  • (C) It wrongly treats PMGSY as an electrification scheme, although PMGSY is the rural road connectivity programme and Saubhagya is the household-electrification scheme.
  • (D) It assigns electrification to Jal Jeevan Mission, but JJM is the rural tap-water scheme and Saubhagya is the household-electrification scheme.

Concept

This tests the Economy of Rajasthan theme of rural infrastructure and centrally sponsored schemes. RAS repeats such questions because roads, power and drinking water are core development indicators and the scheme names are easy to confuse.

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