Government Schemes & Programs MCQs

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched with the aim to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all rural households by 2024.

SBM-U 2.0 is a flagship mission of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, aimed at achieving 'Garbage Free Cities'.

Ensuring 100% piped water supply to all rural households is a primary objective of the Jal Jeevan Mission, not SBM-U 2.0. SBM-U 2.0 focuses on urban sanitation and waste management, including legacy dumpsite remediation, greywater/blackwater management in smaller ULBs, and scientific waste processing.

SBM-U 2.0, launched in October 2021, has the primary objective of making all cities 'Garbage Free' by 2026. This includes sustainable solid waste management and remediation of legacy dumpsites.

The scheme explicitly excludes all serving or retired officers and employees of Central/State Government Ministries/Offices/Departments and their field units, Central or State PSEs, and Attached offices/Autonomous Institutions under Government, as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies (excluding Multi Tasking Staff /Class IV/Group D employees).

Under the PM-KISAN scheme, eligible farmer families receive ₹6,000 per year, disbursed in three equal installments of ₹2,000 each, every four months.

The PM-KISAN scheme was officially launched on February 24, 2019, but it was made effective retrospectively from December 1, 2018, to cover the first installment period.