Which group of people will be benefited by the Mukhya Mantri Sukh Ashray Yojana approved by Himachal Pradesh?

Correct — A. The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet cleared the guidelines of the Mukhya Mantri Sukh-Ashray Yojana in February 2023, and its beneficiaries are the four groups named in this option - orphans, specially abled children, destitute women and senior citizens.

The state went further and adopted orphan children as Children of the State, taking on their care itself.

It then gave the scheme statutory backing through the Himachal Pradesh Sukh-Ashraya (Care, Protection and Self-Reliance of Children) Bill, 2023.

Why the others are wrong

• (b)
  Students and teachers — Students and teachers are served by education schemes. Sukh-Ashray is a care scheme for people without family support, which is why its list runs to destitute women and senior citizens.
• (c)
  Farmers and agricultural labourers — Farmers and agricultural labourers are the target of income-support and crop schemes. Nothing in Sukh-Ashray's design touches agriculture.
• (d)
  Unemployed youth — Unemployed youth sounds like a plausible welfare target, but this scheme is built around guardianship and care - its signature step was the state adopting orphan children as its own.

A state welfare scheme reaches SSC's General Awareness set soon after launch, and the hook here is the beneficiary group.

Sukh-Ashray is unusual because it does two separable things. It funds care - shelter homes, orphanages and support that continues after a child turns 18 - and it changes the legal relationship, making the state the guardian of destitute children.

That second half is why the scheme was followed by a Bill, not just a budget line.

Key facts

• The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet approved the guidelines of the Mukhya Mantri Sukh-Ashray Yojana in February 2023.
• Its beneficiaries are orphans, specially abled children, destitute women and senior citizens.
• Orphan and destitute children covered by the scheme are designated Children of the State, and the state government has said about 6,000 children were adopted in this way.
• The scheme was given legal shape by the Himachal Pradesh Sukh-Ashraya (Care, Protection and Self-Reliance of Children) Bill, 2023, passed in the budget session.

Common traps

• Guessing from the word Sukh, which says nothing about who benefits.
• Assuming any scheme with Mukhya Mantri in the title must be about employment or subsidy.
• Picking the single most common welfare group instead of reading the scheme's actual four-group list.

No directly related past PYQ was found.