Question

Which of the following is not a component of Bharat Nirman?
1. Rural housing
2. Rural electrification
3. Agro-based industries
4. Rural Telephony

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Agro-based industries

The correct answer is Agro-based industries.

• Bharat Nirman:
  • This scheme aims at developing rural infrastructure.
  • This scheme is governed by the Ministry of Rural Development.
  • The duration of implementing this scheme has been determined for four years with the expected expenditure of 174000 crores. 
  • The major six sectors & their targets for the next four years are:
    • Irrigation
    • Roads
    • Housing
    • Water Supply
    • Electrification
    • Rural Communication
• The main objectives of this programme are:
  • Facilities for safe drinking water in every household by 2012.
  • Targeted housing facility for no less than 60 lakhs houses by 2009. As the target was not reached, the project was extended further up to 2014 with a target of 1.2 crores, double the existing target to reach needier. Overseen under the guidance of the Ministry of Rural Development, providing housing facilities is taken up. Low-cost living is achieved through this project. The State shares 25% of the project cost while the balance 75% is underwritten by the Central Government.
  • The next project is to provide telecommunication facilities and broadband to more than 40% of Indian Villages by 2014.
  • Providing electricity and employment are other projects taken up under this programme. These two projects ensure that people are always self-dependent and their pressure to turn to lenders for money reduces substantially. This ensures that the exploitation of the uneducated is eradicated so that rural India depends on organized sectors for financial assistance.
  • Another major project under this programme is to provide connectivity across the length and breadth of India by taking up infrastructure road projects that withstand all seasonal changes. The project is carved out to connect urban-rural roads that are poorly maintained thus enhancing the quality of transportation. This also ensures that the distance between cities and villages are shrunk to give verbatim meaning to the phrase “global village”.
  • This programme aimed to create more opportunities in agriculture by providing irrigational land to the extent of one crore hectares.