Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 Sets Aside Rs 5,000 Crore for Tribal Villages

The correct answer is Rs 5,000 crore. This is the dedicated provision set aside under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 for closing drinking water gaps in the tribal villages covered by the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan and the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan. The figure was placed before states at the second follow-up review and convergence meeting of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, which works under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The review built on commitments the states and union territories had made at an earlier departmental summit to reach full tap water saturation in every eligible village. Options A, C and D give other amounts, and none of them matches the provision announced for these two tribal missions, so each of those three choices is incorrect.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. It has carried out a state-wise exercise named SurveySetu, in which the status of functional household tap connections is verified at the level of each household. States have been advised to present the findings of this exercise jointly, through their water supply departments, tribal welfare departments and the survey agency, before the District Water and Sanitation Mission, and to resolve any mismatch through field verification so that a final validated database exists at the district level. Option A, the Ministry of Jal Shakti, is the ministry whose Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation convened the review and funds the taps, but the survey is not its exercise. Option B, the Ministry of Rural Development, and option D, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, have no role in this survey, so both are wrong.

The correct answer is Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan. DA-JGUA is one of the two tribal missions whose drinking water needs were reviewed by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation; the other is PM-JANMAN, the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan. The aim in both is saturation, that is, a working tap connection for every eligible household in every eligible tribal village, certified after joint validation. Option B replaces the village upliftment part of the name with a water and flight theme that does not exist. Option C invents an entirely different scheme name built around Deen Dayal and rural progress. Option D changes Utkarsh to Ujjwal and drops the correct form of the word Janjatiya. Since only option A reproduces the official expansion exactly, it is the answer.

The correct answer is the District Water and Sanitation Mission, chaired by the District Magistrate. The Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation stressed that villages under the two tribal missions should be reviewed regularly through meetings of this body, which is headed by the Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate of the district. It is meant to serve as the key platform for coordination between departments, for validating survey findings and for identifying the real coverage gaps that need work. Option B names the District Planning Committee, which handles district plans rather than tap water validation. Option C names the district rural development agency, which implements rural schemes but was not given this role. Option D describes a district water regulatory board under a Divisional Commissioner, a body that does not exist in this arrangement. Hence option A is correct.