Andhra Pradesh Gets 3 Lakh PMAY-G Houses Worth Rs 3,600 Crore

The correct answer is 3 lakh. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan handed Andhra Pradesh a sanction of three lakh permanent houses, costing Rs 3,600 crore, at Burripalem village in Guntur district, with Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu present. Option A, 76,000, is wrong because that was only the quota first worked out for the state by officials of the rural development ministry; the Chief Minister asked for more and the first instalment was raised. Option B, one lakh, does not match any figure announced at the function and is simply a plausible looking round number. Option D, nine lakh, is wrong because nine lakh is the total requirement the Chief Minister has placed before the Centre, not the number cleared on this day; of that total, three lakh form the first instalment and six lakh more are to follow in tranches of three lakh each as the earlier work is finished.

The correct answer is Andhra Pradesh. The foundation stone of the country's first housing project built with 3D concrete printing was laid at Burripalem and Obulnaidupalem in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. It is a pilot of 177 houses with an outlay of Rs 14 crore, and the houses are expected to be completed in about six months because machinery and the new technology save time, cost and labour while giving a stronger and more durable structure than conventional construction. Option A, Madhya Pradesh, is wrong although the Union Minister who launched the project has long been associated with that state; the project itself is in Andhra Pradesh. Option C, Telangana, and option D, Tamil Nadu, are neighbouring southern states and are offered only as plausible distractors; neither hosts this pilot. The ceremony at which it was launched also marked the handing over of three lakh houses to Andhra Pradesh.

The correct answer is Rs 20,000. The Centre pays Rs 6,000 a year to eligible farmers under the PM-KISAN Samman Nidhi, and the Andhra Pradesh government adds Rs 14,000 a year under its own Annadata Sukhibhava scheme, so a farmer in the state gets twenty thousand rupees in a year. Option A is wrong because Rs 6,000 is only the central share of that amount. Option B is wrong because Rs 14,000 is only the state's top up, paid over and above the central instalments. Option D is a figure that does not arise from either scheme and is included only as a distractor. The Union Minister mentioned these payments while speaking about the support given to farmers and to women, noting also that twenty three lakh women in the state have become Lakhpati Didis and that the number is to be raised to sixty lakh.

The correct answer is Andhra Pradesh, by the President. The Union Rural Development Minister announced at Burripalem that the national Saras Mela, a fair of self help group products, will be held in Andhra Pradesh on 15 October, and that this is the first time in the country's history that the fair moves out of Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate what he called the great gathering of the self help group sisters. Option A is wrong on both counts, as neither Odisha nor the Prime Minister is connected with this announcement. Option C names the Vice-President and Gujarat, and option D names the Rural Development Minister and Bihar; the Minister made the announcement but the inauguration is to be done by the President, and the venue is Andhra Pradesh, so both are incorrect.