RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) 2022 · Question 236 of 276

- Read the passage given below and answer the following questions. The centrally sponsored scheme of Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) has been implemented since 2009-10 for integrated development of Scheduled Castes (SCs) majority villages. From 2018-19, the scheme implementation guidelines were comprehensively revised. During 2021-22, this scheme was merged with two other existing schemes of this Department to be known as Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY), for which an amount of Rs.1800.00 cr. has been allocated for the financial year 2021-22. The principal objective of the ‘Adarsh Gram’ component of the merged scheme of PM-AJAY is integrated development of SC majority villages through convergent implementation of the relevant Central and State Schemes. The scheme was started on pilot basis wherein 1000 such villages were selected. In 2014-15, the scheme was further expanded to 1500 more villages. (This is a recreated passage and not the exact one asked in the exam) Which of the following districts won the “best district award” for the implementation of PM Adarsh Gram Yojana?

Government Schemes

1. AA. Raipur, Chhattisgarh
2. BB. Hamirpur, Himachal PradeshCorrect
3. CC. Churu, Rajasthan
4. DD. Yadgir, Karnataka
5. EE. Cachar, Assam