22 c sikkim is the frst state in the country where

22. (c) Sikkim is the frst state in the country where
the practice of open-area defecation has been
eradicated.
23. (d) Rajiv Awas Yojna is an infrastructure
development scheme and National Rural Health
Mission is a Health care improvement scheme.
Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) envisages a “Slum Free
India" with inclusive and equitable cities in which
every citizen has access to basic civic infrastructure
and social amenities and decent shelter. The scheme
aims to encourage states/Union Territories (UTs) to
tackle slums in a defnitive manner by focusing on
bringing all existing slums, notifed or non-notifed
(including recognised and identifed) within the
formal system and enabling them to avail the basic
amenities that are available for the rest of the cities/
UAs; to redress the failures of the formal system
that lies behind the creation of slums by planning
for affordable housing stock for the urban poor
and to initiate crucial policy changes required for
facilitating the same.
24. (d) All of the institutions given below have been
kept out of the preview of the central Educational
Institution Act, 2006.
25. (c) National literacy mission was recasted as
‘Saakshar Bharat’ and was launched by the Prime
Minister in 2009. Andhra Pradesh is the only state
which has received the ‘Saakshar Bharat’ award
in the country. It was initiated to create a literate
society through a variety of teaching learning
programmes for non-literate and neo-literate of 15
years and above. It was launched on 8 September
2009. It aims to recast India's National Literacy
Mission to focus on literacy of women, which is
expected to increase the literate population by 70
million adults, including 60 million women.
26. (b) E-choupal is business initiative by ITC Ltd.
that provides internet access to rural farmers.
27. (c) Bharat Nirman is a time-bound business plan
for action in rural infrastructure. Under Bharat
Nirman, action is proposed in the area of irrigation,
road etc. Bharat Nirman is a business plan for
creating and augmenting basic rural infrastructure.
It comprises of projects on irrigation, roads
(Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), housing
(Indira Awaas Yojana), water supply (National
Rural Drinking Water Programme), electrifcation
(Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana) and
telecommunication connectivity.
28. (b) According to T.C.A. Anand, chief statistician of
India, the Union government’s fagship direct beneft
Transfer scheme is not infationary.
29. (b) Ministry of labour and employment launched
the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna in 2008. The
scheme aims to provide health insurance coverage for
Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. The objective
of RSBY is to provide protection to BPL households
from fnancial liabilities arising out of health shocks
that involve hospitalization. Benefciaries under
RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up
to Rs. 30,000/- for most of the diseases that require
hospitalization.