RAS question
The PRITHWI project focuses on which three core areas?
Correct answer: (B) Habitat development, conflict mitigation, and eco-tourism.
The PRITHWI project focuses on habitat development, conflict mitigation, and eco-tourism.
Explanation
PRITHWI is tied to Rajasthan's wildlife-conservation agenda, so the correct framing is not a general development package but a conservation-linked one. The official Rajasthan Budget 2026-27 press note expands PRITHWI as the Project for Resilient and Integrated Terrestrial Habitats and Wildlife Valorization Initiative and places it under wildlife conservation with an allocation of Rs. 1,500 crore. Its three core areas are habitat development, conflict mitigation, and eco-tourism. That makes option B the only choice that matches both the wildlife-habitat character of the official scheme and the conflict-management focus mentioned in the budget coverage.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Mining regulation, water conservation, and urban development describe broader governance or infrastructure themes, not the wildlife-habitat focus of PRITHWI.
- (C) Forest surveys, the timber industry, and tribal welfare do not match the stated PRITHWI triad of habitat development, conflict mitigation, and eco-tourism.
- (D) Animal breeding, veterinary research, and exports shift the focus to livestock and trade, whereas PRITHWI is framed around terrestrial habitats and wildlife conservation.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan Budget schemes under environment and wildlife conservation. Such acronym-based schemes recur in RAS because they link current state policy with static ecology themes.