RAS question
The Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana provides:
Correct answer: (A) Unemployment allowance to educated unemployed youth.
Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana provides monthly unemployment allowance to educated unemployed youth in Rajasthan.
Explanation
Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana is an unemployment-support scheme for Rajasthan's educated unemployed youth. The Economic Review 2024-25 describes it under employment initiatives and states that the scheme provides unemployment benefits after applicants complete at least three months of skill training and then a daily four-hour internship in government departments. It also specifies a monthly unemployment allowance of Rs 4,000 for males and Rs 4,500 for females, transgender individuals and persons with disabilities, available for up to two years or until the beneficiary secures employment. This confirms that the scheme is not a travel, housing or farm-subsidy programme; its core benefit is unemployment allowance linked with employability measures.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Travel allowance is wrong because the scheme is described as providing unemployment benefits, not reimbursement or support for travel.
- (C) Free housing is wrong because the cited scheme concerns unemployment allowance for youth, while housing support belongs to other schemes.
- (D) Agricultural subsidies are wrong because the scheme is placed under youth employment support and does not provide farm-sector subsidy benefits.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy schemes, especially welfare measures for employment and youth support. It recurs in RAS because state schemes are often asked through their target group and core benefit.