Major development projects and welfare schemes

Key Points at a Glance

1. 1

   This topic belongs to the 2026 CET Graduation Rajasthan economy block: welfare schemes and Acts, development institutions, cooperatives, small enterprises, financial institutions, Panchayati Raj in rural development, MGNREGA and VB-G RAM G.

2. 2

   Development-project questions in this bullet should be read through institutions and delivery: RIICO, RUIDP, Panchayats, cooperatives and finance channels turn public support into services, assets and livelihoods.

3. 3

   RIICO is the main industrial-development institution to remember here: it prepares industrial areas, plots and basic utilities so that small, medium and larger enterprises can operate in Rajasthan.

4. 4

   RUIDP is useful only as an institution example in this topic: it shows how urban services such as water supply, sewerage and drainage are delivered through a project agency and local bodies.

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   Cooperatives, small enterprises and financial institutions should be linked together: credit, input purchase, marketing, storage, self-help-group finance and enterprise support reduce the weakness of small producers.

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   Shree Annapurna Rasoi Yojana is a cooked-meal scheme, not PDS: Rajasthan's official scheme portal records nutritious meals for beneficiaries at Rs.8 and government support of Rs.22 per plate.

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   Girl-child, child-protection, pension and occupational-health schemes should be classified by the risk they reduce: life-cycle support, vulnerable-child care, old-age/widow/disability vulnerability and disease linked with work exposure.

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   PIB's 11 May 2026 Backgrounder, Release ID 2259712, describes VB-G RAM G as the rural-employment framework commencing from 1 July 2026, repealing MGNREGA from that date and giving 125 days of statutory wage-employment guarantee per financial year.