NRIDA signed an MoU for a four-year impact assessment of PMGSY-IV and PM-JANMAN roads with which institution?
- A.IIM Ahmedabad
- B.IIM Kolkata
- C.IIT Roorkee
- D.National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
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Explanation
The correct answer is IIM Kolkata. The National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, which works under the Ministry of Rural Development, signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata for a four-year longitudinal study of roads built under PMGSY-IV and PM-JANMAN. The signatories were NRIDA Director General Aditi Singh and IIM Kolkata Director Alok Kumar Rai, with Rural Development Secretary Rohit Kansal present. Option A, IIM Ahmedabad, is a different management institute and was not party to this agreement, so it is wrong. Option C, IIT Roorkee, is an engineering institute and was not involved here either. Option D, the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, works in the same sector and therefore looks plausible, but it is not the partner named in this MoU, so it is also incorrect.
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Practice Questions
How many roads will the NRIDA impact assessment study cover?
- A.150
- B.200
- C.250
- D.500
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The study will examine that many rural roads, spread across ten States and Union Territories, fifty districts and one hundred and fifty blocks, with a household survey of roughly five thousand families to capture changes in mobility, accessibility and socio-economic conditions.
Read the full explanation →In the NRIDA study design, how long will the baseline survey conducted before road construction last?
- A.6 months
- B.14 months
- C.22 months
- D.36 months
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The assessment is built in three stages. First comes the baseline or pre-construction survey lasting fourteen months, then a transition period of roughly twelve months, and finally the endline or post-construction survey lasting twenty-two months.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation buys Minor Forest Produce at the notified Minimum Support Price under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission?
- A.NABARD
- B.TRIFED
- C.NSTFDC
- D.Food Corporation of India
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It purchases non-timber forest produce at the pre-determined Minimum Support Price whatever the ruling market price may be, working through a network of state implementing agencies that includes tribal development cooperatives and forest development corporations.
Read the full explanation →Minimum Support Price has been notified for how many items of Minor Forest Produce under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission?
- A.57 items
- B.67 items
- C.87 items
- D.97 items
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Minimum Support Price stands notified for that many kinds of minor forest produce under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission, which is what allows a tribal collector to be paid a pre-fixed rate even when traders in the local market offer less.
Read the full explanation →How many Van Dhan Vikas Kendras had been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission as of March 2026?
- A.2,911
- B.4,172
- C.5,000
- D.12,480
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As of March 2026 that many Van Dhan Vikas Kendras had been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission, and 12.48 lakh tribal members have been linked to them.
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