Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Planning and development in Indian Context

Question:

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

Options:

Command Area Development Programme.

Drought Prone Area Development Programme.

Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA)

Hill Area Development Programme.

Correct Answer:

Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA)

Explanation:

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) are examples of target group programmes.