Which ministry is the nodal ministry for the Vibrant Villages Programme?
- A.Ministry of Rural Development
- B.Ministry of Defence
- C.Ministry of Home Affairs
- D.Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Home Affairs. The release names it as the nodal ministry, working with State governments, district administrations and the border guarding forces so that planning and implementation stay coordinated. Option A, the Ministry of Rural Development, does have a role, but a narrower one: the all-weather roads under the programme are built through its Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, in the PMGSY-IV phase. That partial involvement is precisely what makes it a tempting distractor. Option B and option D are not named anywhere in the release as owning the scheme. Two more details are worth carrying with this answer. A High-Powered Committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary may relax scheme guidelines where border conditions demand it. And the second phase, unlike the first, is implemented directly by the Ministry of Home Affairs as a Central Sector Scheme funded wholly by the Centre.
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Practice Questions
What is the combined outlay of VVP-I and VVP-II under the Vibrant Villages Programme?
- A.Rs 4,800 crore
- B.Rs 11,639 crore
- C.Rs 15,000 crore
- D.Rs 9,250 crore
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The backgrounder states that the Vibrant Villages Programme is being carried out through two phases whose outlays together come to that figure, and that the two phases between them reach more than 2,616 villages along the international land border.
Read the full explanation →Where was the first phase of the Vibrant Villages Programme launched on 10 April 2023?
- A.Nathanpur, Cachar district, Assam
- B.Kibithoo, Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh
- C.Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
- D.Leh, Ladakh
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The release records that VVP-I was launched there on 10 April 2023. Kibithoo was picked for its location, its history and its development needs: it counts among the easternmost inhabited villages of India, and heavy fighting took place around it during the war with China in 1962.
Read the full explanation →Which country shares the longest stretch of India's international land border?
- A.China
- B.Pakistan
- C.Bangladesh
- D.Nepal
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The backgrounder places India's total international land boundary at more than 15,000 km, shared with seven neighbouring countries, and says the longest single stretch runs 4,096.7 km along the boundary with Bangladesh.
Read the full explanation →Under Special Campaign 6, the number of e-waste recyclers, refurbishers and producers enrolled on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) rose from 38 to:
- A.More than 75
- B.More than 100
- C.More than 200
- D.More than 500
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Building on the e-waste focus of the previous campaign, Special Campaign 6 worked with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Boards and the recycling industry to link government offices with authorised recyclers, refurbishers and producers.
Read the full explanation →Which ministry earned the highest revenue from scrap disposal during Special Campaign 6?
- A.Ministry of Coal
- B.Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)
- C.Ministry of Defence (Department of Military Affairs)
- D.Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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It was followed by the Department of Military Affairs with ₹88.96 crore, the Ministry of Coal with ₹61.41 crore and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas with ₹34.81 crore.
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