Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana subsumed and expanded which earlier plan?
- A.National Action Plan for Senior Citizens
- B.National Social Assistance Programme
- C.National Policy on Older Persons
- D.Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
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Explanation
The correct answer is the National Action Plan for Senior Citizens. Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana was launched in 2021 and it took in that earlier plan, widened its scope and brought a number of separate measures for older persons under a single umbrella scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Option B names the umbrella of central pension and assistance benefits, which is a separate programme and was not merged into this scheme. Option C names a policy document on older persons, which sets direction but is not the plan that was subsumed here. Option D names an old age pension scheme that works as part of the social assistance programme, so it too is distinct. The useful chain to remember is the earlier action plan giving way to Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana in 2021, with the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens sitting inside it as the component that funds projects.
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Practice Questions
How much grant-in-aid has the Centre released to 755 projects under the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens?
- A.Rs 55.98 crore
- B.Rs 77.98 crore
- C.Rs 97.78 crore
- D.Rs 107.98 crore
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This amount has been released as grant-in-aid to 755 projects running under the Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens, which is a component of the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana, and it covers the quarter that ended on 30 September 2026 in the financial year 2026-27.
Read the full explanation →By which year is India's senior citizen population projected to reach about 23 crore?
- A.2030
- B.2036
- C.2041
- D.2047
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The projection of about 23 crore senior citizens by that year is the reason given for strengthening institutional machinery and community participation under Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana.
Read the full explanation →Under the scheme, support for obtaining and renewing certification from International Sports Federations carries an outlay of:
- A.Rs 55 crore
- B.Rs 105 crore
- C.Rs 250 crore
- D.Rs 410 crore
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The scheme treats international quality and performance standards as the gate through which Indian equipment reaches foreign buyers, so it sets aside this amount to help manufacturers secure certification from International Sports Federations and to renew it when it lapses.
Read the full explanation →Which budget announced the Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme?
- A.Union Budget 2023-24
- B.Union Budget 2024-25
- C.Union Budget 2025-26
- D.Union Budget 2026-27
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The announcement came in that budget and the Cabinet approval that followed gave the scheme its outlay, its components and its life span, which runs from 2026 to the financial year 2033-34.
Read the full explanation →The Sports Goods Manufacturing Zones under the new scheme will be developed by convergence with which of the following?
- A.The BHAVYA Scheme and NICDC Industrial Parks
- B.The PM Gati Shakti corridors only
- C.Special Economic Zones alone
- D.Khelo India stadium projects
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The scheme avoids building industrial land afresh and instead plugs the proposed Sports Goods Manufacturing Zones into infrastructure that these two already provide, so that makers, suppliers, testing facilities, design and prototyping centres and ancillary enterprises can sit in one place.
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