RAS question
Rajasthan's Mukhyamantri Laghu Udyog Protsahan Yojana (MLUPY) targets:
Correct answer: (A) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Rajasthan's Mukhyamantri Laghu Udyog Protsahan Yojana targets Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by supporting small-scale entrepreneurs through subsidised institutional loans.
Explanation
MLUPY sits within Rajasthan's MSME policy and industrial-support framework, so its target is Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises rather than large or official-sector entities. The scheme promotes entrepreneurship and self-employment in Rajasthan by giving interest subsidy on bank loans to MSMEs. Economic Review 2025-26, Government of Rajasthan places MLUPY under the MSME section and states that the scheme offers loans through financial institutions for setting up new enterprises or expanding existing ones in manufacturing, service and trade sectors. It also records interest-subsidy slabs for small-scale entrepreneurs, which is why the MSME option is the only fit.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Foreign companies are not the specific target because MLUPY is framed as MSME support for entrepreneurs setting up or expanding enterprises in Rajasthan.
- (C) Government departments are not beneficiaries of an interest-subsidy loan scheme meant to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment.
- (D) Large industries fall outside the scheme's stated small-scale/MSME focus, even though Rajasthan has separate industrial promotion measures for larger investment.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy schemes under MSME promotion, bank-linked subsidy and self-employment policy. RAS repeatedly asks such schemes because they connect welfare, entrepreneurship and industrial development in the state economy.