Which one of the following is a purpose of 'UDAY', a scheme of the Government?

Explicit description of UDAY: 'To obtain the operational and financial turnout of state owned power distribution companies' — this defines UDAY's core objective as DISCOM turnaround.

A student could contrast UDAY's stated DISCOM-focused objective with any claim that it targets start-ups, suggesting the latter is unlikely unless other sources show UDAY has additional provisions.

Ministries of Power, Coal, New & Renewable energy are named as taking initiatives toward '24x7 Affordable Clean Power for All', indicating renewable-energy goals are pursued but at ministry/program level.

One could infer renewable-energy entrepreneurship support would more likely be located in ministry/programs for new & renewable energy rather than a DISCOM-finance scheme like UDAY.

ASPIRE is a government scheme explicitly to promote innovation and start-ups (technology and incubation centres) — an example of where start-up technical support is placed.

A student could reason that since start-up support has a dedicated scheme (ASPIRE), similar support for renewable-energy start-ups would plausibly be under such schemes, not under UDAY.

Listing of Start-up Hub, mobile portal, SIPP, and relaxed procurement norms shows the government provides targeted technical/administrative support for start-ups through specialized programs.

Use this pattern to suspect that technical/financial assistance to start-ups is delivered via start-up-specific instruments rather than a DISCOM bailout/operational scheme like UDAY.

Examples of targeted credit/guarantee schemes for specific entrepreneur groups (e.g., SC entrepreneurs, ST women) show the Government channels financial assistance through dedicated schemes.

A student could extend this pattern to expect renewable-energy start-up finance would similarly be through focused programs, not a broad DISCOM-focused scheme.

Explicit description of UDAY in the snippet identifies its purpose as obtaining the operational and financial turnaround of state-owned power distribution companies (DISCOMs).

A student could combine this with the specific wording of household-electrification targets in other schemes to infer that household electrification was likely assigned to a different programme, not UDAY.

Describes the national mission '24x7 Affordable Clean Power for All' and principles like 'Assured Power for All', showing a broader government goal of universal access separate from any single scheme.

A student could use this to reason that multiple schemes might share the broad goal and then check which scheme names the household-electrification target explicitly.

Defines the Saubhagya (Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana) scheme as aiming to provide electricity connections to more than 40 million families (household-connection objective).

A student could contrast Saubhagya's explicit household-connection aim with UDAY's DISCOM-focused aim to judge which scheme was intended for household electrification by 2018.

States that the government pushed rural electrification to ensure all villages had an electricity connection by 2018 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), attributing a 2018 target to a different named scheme.

A student could use this to infer that the 2018 village/connection target was associated with DDUGJY (not UDAY), strengthening the hypothesis that UDAY did not state the household-by-2018 goal.

Explains that high AT&C losses place a huge financial burden on DISCOMs, which is the kind of problem UDAY is described as addressing (financial/operational health of DISCOMs).

A student could link the technical/financial focus in this snippet to UDAY's stated DISCOM turnaround purpose to argue that UDAY targeted DISCOM finances rather than direct household connection delivery.

Explicitly states UDAY's objective: to obtain operational and financial turnaround of state-owned power distribution companies (DISCOMs).

A student could infer that UDAY's primary focus is DISCOM performance rather than generation-fuel substitution, so they should check UDAY documents for generation-mix language to confirm or deny the replacement claim.

Lists government-wide principles for '24x7 Affordable Clean Power for All' and 'Ujwal Bharat', emphasizing 'Clean Power' among goals.

Combine this with knowledge of national programmes: a student could examine whether UDAY (linked to 'Ujwal Bharat') includes fuel-shift targets as part of its clean-power objectives.

Catalogues other critical initiatives the government is preparing, including natural-gas based plants, nuclear programmes, efficient transmission, and other renewables.

A student might use this pattern to reason that fuel diversification is a broader government policy, but must separate those policies from UDAY's stated aims by checking scheme-specific texts.

Notes that thermal (coal, gas, diesel) power is 'not eco-friendly' and based on exhaustible resources, implying policy motivation to reduce reliance on such plants.

Use this environmental rationale plus knowledge of national climate/energy goals to suspect programmes promoting non-coal generation exist — then verify whether UDAY explicitly includes such generation replacement.

States policy to save domestic coal reserves for the future and describes many power plants in India as coal-based and facing supply issues.

A student could combine this policy context with institutional aims of schemes (like UDAY) to assess whether reducing coal use is likely a stated objective of energy-sector reforms or a separate generation policy.