The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) was constituted on
- (a)18 September 2015
- (b)18 September 2016
- (c)18 December 2015
- (d)18 December 2016
Correct — A, 18 September 2015. The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) was constituted on this date as an attached office of NITI Aayog, formed by merging the erstwhile Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO) and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO), to monitor and evaluate government programmes/schemes.
- (b)18 September 2016 — Wrong year. DMEO's constitution predates this — NITI Aayog itself was set up in January 2015, and DMEO followed later that same year, not in 2016.
- (c)18 December 2015 — Wrong month. DMEO was constituted in September 2015, not December.
- (d)18 December 2016 — Wrong on both counts — the wrong month and the wrong year.
DMEO functions under NITI Aayog (which itself replaced the Planning Commission in January 2015) as its dedicated monitoring-and-evaluation arm. It was created by merging two pre-existing units — the Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO), which used to assess Plan schemes, and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) — into a single office responsible for outcome monitoring, evaluation studies, and data-based feedback on government programmes.
MPPSC/UPSC test this as a straight date-recall question on India's evaluation architecture — the safe anchor is 'DMEO is NITI Aayog's evaluation wing, born the same year as NITI Aayog itself (2015)', which rules out both 2016 options.
- DMEO was constituted on 18 September 2015, as an attached office of NITI Aayog
- Formed by merging the Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO) and the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO)
- NITI Aayog itself was established on 1 January 2015, replacing the Planning Commission
- DMEO's mandate: monitoring and evaluation of government programmes/schemes
- Confusing DMEO's date with NITI Aayog's own founding date (1 January 2015)
- Mixing up September with December, or 2015 with 2016
MPPSC often tests exact constitution dates of NITI Aayog-linked bodies as direct recall questions.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
NITI Aayog, which replaced the Planning Commission, was constituted on:
- (a)1 January 2015
- (b)18 September 2015
- (c)1 April 2015
- (d)26 May 2014
Answer(a) 1 January 2015.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) was formed by merging the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) with which other body?
- (a)Central Statistics Office (CSO)
- (b)Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO)
- (c)National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
- (d)Planning Commission's Perspective Planning Division
Answer(b) Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO).