CAPF AC 2020 Q85: Indian Economy – Infrastructure & Industry
SAUBHAGYA, a Central Government scheme, is related to
- (a) providing cash money to women giving birth of single female child
- (b) connecting kitchen of every household with piped cooking gas
- (c) strengthening and augmenting infrastructure for piped water supply
- (d) achieving universal household electrification in the country
Answer: (d) achieving universal household electrification in the country
Explanation
SAUBHAGYA scheme
How to think: the full name gives it away.
Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar means easy electricity for every house.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana |
| Launched | 25 September 2017 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Power |
| Aim | Universal household electrification, rural and urban |
| Nodal agency | REC Limited (Rural Electrification Corporation) |
The options matched to the real schemes:
| Option | Real scheme | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Cash to women giving birth to a single girl child | Not this scheme | Incorrect |
| (b) Piped cooking gas to every kitchen | City gas distribution (piped natural gas) | Incorrect |
| (c) Piped water supply | Jal Jeevan Mission | Incorrect |
| (d) Universal household electrification | SAUBHAGYA | Correct |
Answer: (d) achieving universal household electrification in the country.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Incorrect. SAUBHAGYA gives no cash for the birth of a girl child.
- (b) Incorrect. Piped cooking gas comes through city gas networks, not SAUBHAGYA.
- (c) Incorrect. Piped water to homes is the work of the Jal Jeevan Mission.
- (d) CORRECT. SAUBHAGYA aims to give an electricity connection to every household.
Key point
SAUBHAGYA = Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (25 September 2017, Ministry of Power, nodal agency REC): electricity connection to every household.
Remember
SAUBHAGYA = electricity to every house (Ministry of Power, 2017).
Common mistakes
- Mixing up SAUBHAGYA (household connections) with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (village electrification).
- Mixing it up with Ujjwala (cooking gas) or UJALA (LED bulbs).
- Guessing a women's scheme from the word Saubhagya.
Exam tip
Expand the short name. Bijli in the full form means electricity.
Sources
- Ministry of Power — Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) guidelines
- Press Information Bureau — Launch of SAUBHAGYA, 25 September 2017