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PASSAGE on Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

The centrally sponsored scheme of Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) is being implemented since 2009-10 for integrated development of Scheduled Castes (SCs) majority villages. Since 2018-19, the scheme implementation guidelines were comprehensively revised. During 2021-22, this scheme has been merged with two other existing schemes of this Department to be known as Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY), for which an amount of Rs.1800.00 cr. has been allocated for the financial year 2021-22.

The principal objective of the ‘Adarsh Gram’ component of the merged scheme of PMAJAY is integrated development of SC majority villages through convergent implementation of the relevant Central and State Schemes. The scheme was started on pilot basis wherein 1000 such villages were selected. In 2014-15, the scheme was further expanded to 1500 more villages.

As per the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, to capture the Gaps in critical socio-economic ‘Monitorable Indicators’ as part of various sectors/domains, how many socio-economic monitorable indicators have been identified for saturation in selected villages?

(2 Marks)

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Explanation:

Let’s break it down:

- The passage is all about how the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) zeroes in on SC-majority villages, aiming for integrated development.

- They talk about saturation of key socio-economic ‘Monitorable Indicators’—basically tracking progress in things like health, education, housing, etc.

- The big question here is: how many of these monitorable indicators have they actually identified?

Here’s what the options offer:

- Option 1: 60 — That’s a lot, but maybe too high for practical monitoring.

- Option 2: 50 — This is the correct answer. The guidelines explicitly mention 50 socio-economic indicators that are tracked for saturation.

- Option 3: 40 — Close, but not quite the number cited in official documents.

- Option 4: 30 — Too low, covers fewer developmental aspects.

- Option 5: 20 — Even less, wouldn't cover all the critical domains.

So the takeaway? The answer is 50 socio-economic monitorable indicators, as per the scheme guidelines.

Option 2 is right.