Consider the fallowing pairs : Programme/ Project : Ministry 1. Drought-Prone Area Programme : Ministry of Agriculture 2. Desert Development Programme : Ministry of Environment and Forests 3. National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas : Mini

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Q: 4 (IAS/2014)
Consider the fallowing pairs : Programme/ Project : Ministry
1. Drought-Prone Area Programme : Ministry of Agriculture
2. Desert Development Programme : Ministry of Environment and Forests
3. National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas : Ministry of Rural Development
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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Polity

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'fallowing pairs': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'national watershed development project': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'desert development programme': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'rainfed areas': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'above pairs': [0, 0, 3, 4], 'drought': [2, 0, 2, 6], 'agriculture': [5, 1, 0, 6], 'rural development': [1, 3, 8, 15], 'forests': [3, 0, 2, 0], 'ministry': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'prone area programme': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'environment': [2, 0, 0, 3]}

Option 1 pairs the Drought-Prone Area Programme with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Desert Development Programme with the Ministry of Environment and Forests. However, both projects are under the purview of the Ministry of Rural Development rather than the ministries listed.

Option 2, which pairs the National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas with the Ministry of Rural Development, is also incorrect. This project is actually overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Option 3 mentions all three pairs being correctly matched which is not true as clearly explained in option 1 & 2.

Option 4, which states that none of the pairs are correctly matched, is the correct answer. As mentioned earlier, the ministries provided for each programme or project are incorrect. Therefore none of these pairs are correctly matched. Hence, the correct answer is 4, None.

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