Which of the following Scheme/Programme is not the Central Government Programme and it is Uttar Pradesh Government's Programme?
- (a)Ganga Expressway
- (b)MGNREGA
- (c)Pt. Nehru Utkarsh Mission
- (d)Gramin Swasthya Mission
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.
- (b)MGNREGA — 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)Pt. Nehru Utkarsh Mission — 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)Gramin Swasthya Mission — 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.
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.
The question mixes a famous Central scheme (MGNREGA) with a UP State infrastructure project (Ganga Expressway). The trick is that many 'Mission/Yojana' names sound national; the reliable anchor is that the Ganga Expressway is built by UPEIDA, a Uttar Pradesh Government authority, which makes it the State programme.
- The Ganga Expressway is a Uttar Pradesh State project executed by UPEIDA, linking Meerut with Prayagraj — the State's longest expressway.
- Its foundation stone was laid in December 2021; UPEIDA also built the Purvanchal and Bundelkhand Expressways.
- MGNREGA is a Central Government programme under an Act of Parliament (2005), guaranteeing 100 days of rural wage employment.
- Rural health missions (National Health Mission / National Rural Health Mission) are Centrally-sponsored, not UP-only, schemes.
Only the Ganga Expressway is a UP State Government programme — option (a).
- Assuming every 'Mission/Yojana' is a Central scheme
- Forgetting that MGNREGA is a Central (not State) programme
UPPSC (UP-specific) frequently asks candidates to separate Uttar Pradesh State programmes/projects from Central Government schemes.
Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act"?
- (a) Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households
- (b) Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households
- (c) Adult members of households of all backward communities
- (d) Adult members of any household
Answer(d) Adult members of any household
Shared concept — MGNREGA as a Central Government rural-employment programme, which is exactly why it is not the Uttar Pradesh State answer in this question.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh is being built to connect which two cities?
- (a)Meerut and Prayagraj
- (b)Lucknow and Ghazipur
- (c)Agra and Kanpur
- (d)Noida and Varanasi
Answer(a) Meerut and Prayagraj — executed by UPEIDA as UP's longest expressway.
- practice — not a real PYQ
MGNREGA guarantees how many days of wage employment in a financial year to a rural household?
- (a)50 days
- (b)100 days
- (c)150 days
- (d)200 days
Answer(b) 100 days — guaranteed to every rural household that demands unskilled manual work.