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How much will Odisha receive this year under the Viksit Bharat-G Ram Ji scheme?

  1. A.About Rs 1,500 crore
  2. B.About Rs 2,800 crore
  3. C.About Rs 4,000 crore
  4. D.About Rs 6,500 crore

Correct answer

C. About Rs 4,000 crore

Explanation

The correct answer is about Rs 4,000 crore. That is the amount the Union Minister said Odisha would receive this year under the Viksit Bharat-G Ram Ji scheme, from which every panchayat in the state is to get between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 50 lakh a year. Over five years that works out to as much as Rs 1 crore for a small panchayat and Rs 2 crore for a large one, to be spent on village roads, drains, schools, panchayat buildings, approach roads to farmers fields and ponds for water conservation. The other three amounts find no support in the announcement. A related figure worth remembering from the same speech is the fourth phase of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, under which 1,700 kilometres of roads have been sanctioned, with the remaining villages to be connected by metalled roads afterwards.

Read the full article: Odisha to Get 5 Lakh PMAY-Gramin Houses, Chouhan Announces

Practice Questions

Q1.Government SchemesEasy

How many pucca houses were announced for Odisha under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin at the Balangir programme?

  1. A.2 lakh
  2. B.5 lakh
  3. C.8 lakh
  4. D.11 lakh
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Correct answer: B. 5 lakh

At the state-level programme of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin held at Balangir in Odisha, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development announced that poor families in the state would immediately be given 5 lakh pucca houses, and assured that every eligible family would receive one…

Q3.Government SchemesHard

Which river carries the historic Grand Anicut, also called Kallanai, visited during the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 conference?

  1. A.Godavari
  2. B.Krishna
  3. C.Cauvery
  4. D.Vaigai
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Correct answer: C. Cauvery

The Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation began his field visit at the historic Grand Anicut, known locally as Kallanai, which stands on the Cauvery, and then went on to the riverbed collector wells and headworks at Vadugakudi before reaching Palamaneri village for Jal Arpan Diwas.

Q4.Government SchemesMedium

Under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, what does Jal Arpan Diwas mark?

  1. A.The sanction of a new rural water supply project
  2. B.The formal handover of drinking water infrastructure to the Gram Panchayat
  3. C.The annual testing of groundwater levels in a district
  4. D.The release of the yearly drinking water quality report
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Correct answer: B. The formal handover of drinking water infrastructure to the Gram Panchayat

At the conference the Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation made a point of saying that Jal Arpan should not be treated as a ceremonial event but as the start of a sustained partnership between the state government, the implementing department and the Panchayat that will run…

Q5.Government SchemesMedium

Where was the first Regional Conference on Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 held?

  1. A.Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  2. B.Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
  3. C.Guwahati, Assam
  4. D.Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Correct answer: B. Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

The conference was the first of five Regional Conferences planned under the structured review process of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, and it was hosted by the Government of Tamil Nadu, which the Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation thanked at the concluding session.