Skip to content
GK24
Government SchemesEasy

What is the total outlay of the PM-SETU scheme for upgrading government ITIs?

  1. A.₹40,000 crore
  2. B.₹50,000 crore
  3. C.₹60,000 crore
  4. D.₹75,000 crore

Correct answer

C. ₹60,000 crore

Explanation

The correct answer is ₹60,000 crore. The scheme is funded three ways: the Centre contributes ₹30,000 crore, the State governments ₹20,000 crore and industry ₹10,000 crore, which together make up the full outlay. This money pays for the Hub-and-Spoke upgradation of government Industrial Training Institutes under Component I and the strengthening of the five National Skill Training Institutes under Component II. Options A, B and D name figures that do not match any part of the scheme's financing pattern; none of ₹40,000 crore, ₹50,000 crore or ₹75,000 crore corresponds to the Centre's share, the States' share, industry's share or the total. Note also the separate figure of ₹3,446 crore, which is the investment covered by the 14 Strategic Investment Plans approved in the first year, not the outlay of the scheme itself.

Read the full article: PM-SETU Completes One Year: 850 ITIs Identified for Upgrade

Q1.Government SchemesMedium

Under Component I of PM-SETU, how many of the 1,000 government ITIs are Hub ITIs?

  1. A.100
  2. B.200
  3. C.400
  4. D.800
Show answer

Correct answer: B. 200

Explanation

The correct answer is 200. Component I covers a thousand government Industrial Training Institutes, split into 200 Hub ITIs and 800 Spoke ITIs, so option D names the number of spokes rather than hubs. On average four spokes are attached to each hub, which is why the hub count is a fifth of the total; the arrangement lets spoke institutes share the hub's modern laboratories, digital content, incubation facilities and placement services. Options A and C do not match the design: a hundred hubs would leave nine spokes to a hub, and four hundred would leave fewer than two, neither of which fits the model described. The same figure returns in the rollout decision, where the National Steering Committee approved implementation across all 200 identified ITI clusters, one cluster for each hub.

Q2.Government SchemesMedium

In the special purpose vehicle formed for an upgraded ITI cluster under PM-SETU, what share does the Anchor Industry Partner hold?

  1. A.24.5%
  2. B.26%
  3. C.49%
  4. D.51%
Show answer

Correct answer: D. 51%

Explanation

The correct answer is 51%. PM-SETU puts industry in charge of cluster governance: the anchor industry partner takes a majority holding of fifty-one per cent in the special purpose vehicle, while the Union government and the State government hold the rest in equal parts. Option A names the share of the Centre and of the State separately, each of which is 24.5%, and together they come to just under half. Options B and C do not appear in the shareholding pattern at all. A company that wishes to become an anchor partner must first submit a Strategic Investment Plan, and once the vehicle is formed it leads cluster development and operations, proposing changes to curriculum, training delivery, infrastructure and industry exposure that suit the industries of that region.

Q3.Government SchemesEasy

Under which drive did the Union Jal Shakti Minister plant a sapling during the Special Gram Sabha programme?

  1. A.Van Mahotsav
  2. B.Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
  3. C.Harit Bharat Abhiyan
  4. D.Nagar Van Yojana
Show answer

Correct answer: B. Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam

Explanation

The correct answer is Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam, the plantation drive under which Shri C. R. Patil and the Joint Secretary and Mission Director of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) planted trees at Majigam. The same drive was followed at the sabhas in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Jharkhand and Haryana, where plantation accompanied the honouring of sanitation workers and the Swachhata pledge. Option A, Van Mahotsav, is the long-standing tree-planting week of July and was not the drive named here. Option C, Harit Bharat Abhiyan, is a plausible-sounding title but no such drive figures in the day's programme. Option D, Nagar Van Yojana, concerns urban forests and city green spaces, which is not what the Gram Sabhas in villages were doing. Remember the drive along with the Waste to Art exhibit and the Swachhata pledge taken by everyone present.

Q4.Government SchemesMedium

What is Swachh Seva Aankalan, discussed in the Special Gram Sabhas on Swachh Bharat Diwas?

  1. A.A central award for the cleanest district
  2. B.An annual digital self-assessment carried out by a Gram Panchayat
  3. C.A survey of urban household toilets
  4. D.A subsidy for buying waste collection vehicles
Show answer

Correct answer: B. An annual digital self-assessment carried out by a Gram Panchayat

Explanation

The correct answer is an annual digital self-assessment carried out by a Gram Panchayat. The framework lets a panchayat judge its own sanitation work each year, and it was taken up in the Special Gram Sabhas, above all in ODF Plus (Model) Gram Panchayats; the Joint Secretary and Mission Director of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) made a presentation on it at Majigam. Option A is wrong because it is not an award given from the centre to a district; it is an exercise the panchayat performs on itself. Option C is wrong on two counts, since the framework belongs to the rural arm of the mission and is not a survey of urban toilets. Option D is wrong because no vehicle subsidy was announced; what the sabhas reviewed were the results of Swachhata Hi Seva 2026, the four-way segregation of waste at source required by the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and the listing of bulk waste generators.

Q5.Government SchemesMedium

Which village did the Union Minister of Jal Shakti visit for the Special Gram Sabha on Swachh Bharat Diwas 2026?

  1. A.Sayli, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  2. B.Majigam, Navsari district, Gujarat
  3. C.Ratipur, Palwal district, Haryana
  4. D.Pindarkom, Ranchi district, Jharkhand
Show answer

Correct answer: B. Majigam, Navsari district, Gujarat

Explanation

The correct answer is Majigam in Navsari district, Gujarat. Union Minister of Jal Shakti Shri C. R. Patil attended the Special Gram Sabha there, in Chikhli Block, on Swachh Bharat Diwas. He honoured sanitation workers, viewed the Waste to Art display and planted a sapling under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam drive. The other three options name villages where Special Gram Sabhas were also held, but they were attended by officers of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, not by the Union Minister. Option A, Sayli in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, was visited by a Deputy Secretary, who also saw a sewage treatment plant. Option D, Pindarkom in Ranchi district of Jharkhand, was covered by another Deputy Secretary, and option C, Ratipur in Palwal district of Haryana, saw an inspection of the waste segregation shed. Aspirants should link the Minister's name with the village, the block, the district and the state.