Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

The Government of India launched a new scheme to separate agriculture and non-agricultural feeders for judicious restoring of supply to agriculture and non-agricultural consumers in rural areas. The scheme's name is:

Options:

Transmission and Distribution Plan

Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evac Utthaan Mahabhiyan

Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna

Correct Answer:

Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna

Launched in December 2014, this scheme was designed to reform the rural power sector. Its primary focus is to ensure "judicious" power supply by separating the lines (feeders) that provide electricity to farms from those that provide it to homes and businesses.