RAS question
Which of the following correctly describes the Dausa-Bandikui Urban Improvement Trust (UIT) notified on May 30, 2025?
Correct answer: (D) Spans Dausa and Bandikui towns, Bhandarej municipality and 265 villages across eight tehsils, to plan the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway logistics corridor.
The Dausa-Bandikui Urban Improvement Trust notified on May 30, 2025 covers Dausa and Bandikui towns, Bhandarej municipality and 265 villages across eight tehsils, with planning linked to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway logistics corridor.
Explanation
The Dausa-Bandikui UIT was notified as a regional planning body, not as a trust for one town alone. Its coverage is Dausa and Bandikui towns, Bhandarej municipality and 265 villages across eight tehsils, with functions such as lease issuance, land-use change approvals and township road networks. The RIICO board minutes support the core current-affairs point: the state government established the UIT for the Dausa-Bandikui region on 30.05.2025, covering the geographical limit of 265 revenue villages of Dausa district, in the context of the Dausa-Bandikui Industrial and Logistic Hub. That is why option D alone matches both the territorial extent and the corridor-linked planning purpose.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) It wrongly reduces the UIT to Dausa city, while the stated coverage includes Bandikui, Bhandarej and 265 villages.
- (B) It shifts the purpose to Jaipur Metro Phase-2, whereas the UIT is linked to Dausa-Bandikui regional planning and the logistics corridor.
- (C) It understates the notified area by limiting it to Bhandarej municipality and three tehsils instead of the stated eight-tehsil spread.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan current affairs within urban governance and regional planning. RAS repeats such questions because new UITs show how infrastructure corridors reshape land-use administration and local development powers.