How many minimum hours of power supply is assured for rural agriculture purpose in 'Atal Jyoti Yojana-2013' ?

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Correct — A, 10 hours. Under Madhya Pradesh's Atal Jyoti Abhiyan (2013), the commission's key sets the assured minimum supply to the rural agriculture sector at 10 hours a day. The scheme worked through feeder separation — dedicating separate feeders to farms — so agricultural consumers get a guaranteed daily block of power.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Higher than the guaranteed minimum; the assured supply to agriculture under the scheme is 10 hours, not 12.  (c) Not the figure fixed by the scheme; the assured minimum for farms is 10 hours.  (d) Overstates the guarantee; the assured minimum for rural agriculture is 10 hours.

Concept: Atal Jyoti Abhiyan (AJA) was a Madhya Pradesh state scheme launched in 2013 to fix erratic rural power. Its core tool was feeder separation — splitting agricultural feeders from domestic ones — so that farms receive a reliable, scheduled block of supply while homes are not starved of power. For the farm sector the assured minimum was set at 10 hours a day.

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