RAS question
PM Awas Yojana aims to provide:
Correct answer: (C) Housing for All.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana aims to provide Housing for All by supporting affordable housing for eligible families.
Explanation
PM Awas Yojana is about housing, not a general welfare bundle. PMAY-Urban began in 2015 and PMAY-Gramin in 2016, with the common aim of providing affordable housing to eligible families. PMAY-Urban, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India describes PMAY-U as the Government of India's 'Housing for All' Mission, implemented since 25 June 2015 to address the housing requirement of slum dwellers and people in EWS, LIG and MIG categories in urban areas. Its four urban verticals include Beneficiary-led Construction, Affordable Housing in Partnership, In-situ Slum Redevelopment and the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme. Therefore, the option that captures the scheme's core objective is Housing for All.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Drinking water for all is not the aim of PM Awas Yojana; Jal Jeevan Mission is linked to drinking water instead.
- (B) Electricity for all is not the objective of PM Awas Yojana; Saubhagya is the electricity-related scheme.
- (D) Food for all does not match PM Awas Yojana's housing objective; food security belongs to the NFSA framework.
Concept
This tests recognition of flagship social-sector schemes by their core deliverable. It recurs in RAS because economy and welfare questions often ask candidates to distinguish housing, water, electricity and food-security programmes without mixing their objectives.