Which of the following is NOT an example of the programme directed towards the development of the target area?

None of the above.

The correct answer is Option 4: None of the above.

All the given programmes are examples of programmes directed towards the development of specific target areas.

• Command Area Development Programme focuses on improving irrigation and agricultural productivity in command areas.
• Drought Prone Area Development Programme aims at the development of drought-affected regions.
• Hill Area Development Programme is meant for the development of hilly regions with special geographical problems.

NCERT: With the planning experience of about one-and-a-half decades, it was realised that regional imbalances in economic development were getting accentuated. In order to arrest the accentuation of regional and social disparties, the Planning Commission introduced the ‘target area’ and target group approaches to planning. Some examples of programmes directed towards the development of target areas are Command Area Development Programme, Drought Prone Area Development Programme, Desert Development Programme, and Hill Area Development Programme. The Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA) which are examples of target group programmes.