Which of the following (Scheme - Year) is not correctly matched?
- (a)Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme - 2017
- (b)Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana - 2014
- (c)Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission - 2015
- (d)Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana - 2014
Correct — C, "Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission - 2015" is the wrongly matched pair. The Union Cabinet approved the SPMRM (National Rurban Mission) on 16 September 2015, but it was formally launched by the Prime Minister on 21 February 2016 (at the Kurubhata/Murmunda cluster, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh). Its launch year is therefore 2016, not 2015, which makes this the odd pair out. The other three are correctly dated.
- (a)Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme - 2017 — Correctly matched, so it is NOT the answer. The Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme (RHISS) was launched in 2017 to give an interest subsidy on housing loans for rural households outside the PMAY-Gramin/Indira Awaas beneficiary list.
- (b)Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana - 2014 — Correctly matched, so it is NOT the answer. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was launched on 11 October 2014 (birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan), under which each Member of Parliament develops model villages (Adarsh Grams).
- (d)Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana - 2014 — Correctly matched, so it is NOT the answer. DDU-GKY, the rural placement-linked skilling programme of the Ministry of Rural Development, was launched on 25 September 2014 (birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya).
The question tests the launch years of Ministry of Rural Development programmes. SAGY (2014, MP-led model villages), DDU-GKY (2014, rural skilling) and RHISS (2017, rural home-loan interest subsidy) are correctly paired. The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission — which develops 'Rurban' clusters of villages with urban-like amenities while retaining the rural essence — was Cabinet-approved in 2015 but launched in 2016.
This is a 'find the odd pair' question: three pairs are right and one is wrong. The trap is that 2015 IS genuinely associated with SPMRM — that is the year the Cabinet approved it — so a candidate who recalls '2015' may wrongly accept the pairing. The discriminator is approval vs launch: the mission was launched in February 2016.
- SPMRM (National Rurban Mission): Cabinet-approved 16 September 2015, launched 21 February 2016; develops rural growth ('Rurban') clusters.
- SAGY: launched 11 October 2014; each Member of Parliament adopts and develops Adarsh Gram(s).
- DDU-GKY: launched 25 September 2014; demand-driven, placement-linked rural skill training under the Ministry of Rural Development.
- RHISS: launched 2017; interest subsidy on rural housing loans, complementing PMAY-Gramin.
SPMRM was launched in 2016 (Cabinet-approved in 2015), so 'SPMRM - 2015' is the incorrectly matched pair.
- Confusing the Cabinet-approval year (2015) with the launch year (2016) for SPMRM.
- Mixing up DDU-GKY (rural skilling, Ministry of Rural Development) with PMKVY (skilling, Ministry of Skill Development).
UPSC and UPPSC use 'which pair (Scheme-Year or Scheme-Ministry) is NOT correctly matched' — memorise the launch years and parent ministry of flagship schemes.
Consider the following schemes launched by the Union Government: I. Antyodaya Anna II. Gram Sadak Yojana III. Sarvapriya IV. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana. Which of these were announced in the year 2000?
- (a) I and II
- (b) II and IV
- (c) III and IV
- (d) I, II and III
Answer(a) I and II — the Antyodaya Anna Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana were both announced on 25 December 2000.
Same concept — identifying the launch year of Union rural-development/welfare schemes. Where this UPPSC question matches schemes to their years, the 2001 UPSC question asks which of the listed schemes were launched in a given year.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), under which each Member of Parliament develops model villages, was launched on the birth anniversary of which leader?
- (a)Mahatma Gandhi
- (b)Jayaprakash Narayan
- (c)Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
- (d)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer(b) Jayaprakash Narayan — SAGY was launched on 11 October 2014, his birth anniversary.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a scheme for which of the following?
- (a)Rural housing
- (b)Placement-linked skill training of rural youth
- (c)Rural road connectivity
- (d)Old-age pension
Answer(b) Placement-linked skill training of rural youth — DDU-GKY is a demand-driven skilling programme of the Ministry of Rural Development.