Question

Which of these programmes aims to improve the physical infrastructure in rural areas?

• A. Make in India
• B. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
• C. Smart Cities Mission
• D. Digital India

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a program that aims to improve rural infrastructure by providing all-weather road connectivity to unconnected habitations. With the objective of providing rural connectivity, the Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (referred to as PMGSY-I hereinafter) on 25th December 2000 to provide all-weather access to eligible unconnected habitations with a population of up to 500(Census 2001) in plain area and 250 and above in Special category States(States of North East, Jammu, and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand), Desert Area as identified by Desert Development Program and 88 selected Backward Districts as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission as a strategy for poverty alleviation.