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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was started in?

A2006

B2005

C2000

D2001

Answer:

C. 2000

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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

  • Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana began in 2000.

  • Its purpose is to provide all-weather roads to rural areas.

  • Basic amenities like schools and hospitals have roads to connect them.

  • The government wants to cover all rural areas by 2019. Around 60 thousand villages remain left to be covered.

  • Government allocates a large amount of money every year for this programme.

  • Under the scheme, roads are built or improved.

  • Existing roads which are narrow and kutcha, are made bigger and broad with the pucca surfaces.


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