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UPSC 2017: What is the aim of the programme ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’?
(a)Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and government’s education system and local communities.
(b)Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.
(c)Strengthening India’s scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological power.
(d)Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, started by the Ministry of HRD, links institutions of higher education (IITs, NITs, universities, etc.) with a cluster of villages so they can apply appropriate technologies and knowledge to local development problems; this matches option (b), while the other options describe aims the scheme does not have. ([edukemy.com](https://edukemy.com/blog/upsc-prelims-2017-question-89/?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2017, GS Paper 1, as Question 89. It falls under Current Affairs > Indian Government Schemes & Initiatives.
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