Which of the following Scheme/Programme is not the Central Government Programme and it is Uttar Pradesh Government's Programme?

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Correct — A, Ganga Expressway. The Ganga Expressway is a project of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, planned and executed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) to connect Meerut with Prayagraj. It is a State Government infrastructure undertaking, not a Central Government scheme — so it is the one that is a Uttar Pradesh Government programme rather than a Central one.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) MGNREGA (the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act/scheme, 2005) is a Central Government law and programme implemented nationwide — not a Uttar Pradesh State programme.  (c) In this question it is grouped with the Central/non-State options; only the Ganga Expressway is unambiguously a Uttar Pradesh State project (built by UPEIDA), which is the pairing the question asks for.  (d) This corresponds to the (National) Rural Health Mission-type health programme, which is Centrally-sponsored rather than a Uttar Pradesh-only State scheme — so it is not the answer.

Concept: Government programmes fall into Central Sector schemes, Centrally-sponsored schemes and purely State Government schemes/projects. Expressways in Uttar Pradesh (Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Ganga, etc.) are State projects executed by UPEIDA, whereas flagship rural-employment and rural-health programmes such as MGNREGA and the National Rural Health/Health Mission are Central.

State PCS 2023 Q88 — Polity & Governance PYQ with Answer

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