Question

Which of the following can be said to be essentially the parts of Inclusive Government?

1. Permiting the Non-Banking Financial Companies to do banking

2. Establishing effective District Planning Committees in all the districts

3. Increasing the government spending on public health

4. Strengthening the Mid-day Meal Scheme

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:   

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 3 and 4 only
3. 2, 3 and 4 only
4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 2, 3 and 4 only

The correct answer is 2, 3 and 4 only.

• Establishing effective District Planning Committees in all the districts
  • District Planning Committee (DPC) is the committee created as per article 243ZD of the Constitution of India at the district level for planning at the district and below.
  • The Committee in each district should consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the district and prepare a draft development plan for the district.
• Increasing the government spending on public health
  • Government aims to increase public health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025.
  • The 15th Finance Commission, the Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, highlighted that the government aims at gradually increasing the public health expenditure to 2.5 per cent of the nation's GDP by the year 2025.
• Strengthening the Mid-day Meal Scheme
  • The Mid-Day Meal Program or MDMP is a program of „Nutrition Support to Primary Education‟ and is considered as a means of mitigating the classroom hunger to all children below the age of 14 years who are enrolled in schools.
  • It was aimed at improving enrolment, attendance, and retention, while simultaneously improving the nutritional status of students in primary classes. It helps the students belonging to disadvantaged sections to attend the schools more regularly and it helps them to concentrate on classroom activities.

• Several schemes are being implemented by the government for inclusive growth which includes the following
  • Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Scheme (MGNREGA)
  • Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
  • Mudra Bank scheme
  • Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
  • Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)
  • Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA)
  • National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
  • Bharat Nirman
  • Swachh Bharat Mission
  • Mission Ayushman
  • Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana