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UPSC 2016: Which one of the following is a purpose of 'UDAY', a scheme of the Government?
(a)Providing technical and financial assistance to start-up entrepreneurs in the field of renewable sources of energy
(b)Providing electricity to every household in the country by 2018
(c)Replacing the coal-based power plants with natural gas, nuclear, solar, wind and tidal power plants over a period of time
(d)Providing for financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (d) Providing for financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies
UDAY, launched in 2015, is a financial-turnaround package that lets State governments take over most of the debt of their electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs) and prescribes operational reforms, expressly aiming at the ‘financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies’. Options (a), (b) and (c) describe unrelated objectives. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujwal_DISCOM_Assurance_Yojana?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2016, GS Paper 1, as Question 7. It falls under Indian Economy > Infrastructure & Industry.
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