__________ is NOT directed for spatial target areas development.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Marginal Farmers Development Agency
To reduce regional and social gaps, the Planning Commission brought in two approaches. Target area programmes develop backward regions. Target group programmes help backward groups of people.
Option (1) Marginal Farmers Development Agency — Not a target area programme. It works for a group of people, the marginal farmers, so it is a target group programme.
Option (2) Desert development programme — A target area programme. It develops desert areas.
Option (3) Command area development programme — A target area programme. It develops the command areas of irrigation projects.
Option (4) Hill area development programme — A target area programme. It develops hill areas.
Note: This question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 09-06-2023 (Slot 1, similar), and in CUET (UG) 2022 on 16-07-2022 (Slot 1, same).
NCERT (2026-27): “Target Area Planning … Some of the examples of programmes directed towards the development of target areas are Command Area Development Programme, Drought Prone Area Development Programme, Desert Development Programme, Hill Area Development Programme. The Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA) which are the examples of target group programme.” |