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Describes the Lead Bank's district‑level coordinating role — identifying growth centres, assessing deposit potential and evolving a coordinated approach for credit deployment in each district.

A student could infer that district credit planning tasks align with a 'service area' approach and check whether Service Area Approach responsibilities match these Lead Bank functions.

States the basic idea of the Lead Bank Scheme: individual banks should adopt particular districts for intensive development (adoption/coverage of districts).

One could map this 'adopt a district' rule to the Service Area Approach concept (assignment of areas to banks) and then verify historical policy documents for explicit linkage.

Notes that all districts are allotted one Lead Bank each, emphasizing formal district allocation under the scheme.

Using a district allocation fact, a student can compare the administrative footprint of Lead Banks with known Service Area Approach coverage to see if they coincide.

Explains 'Local Area Banks' were created with explicit limits on area of operation (contiguous districts), illustrating precedent for geographically limited banking responsibilities.

A student can use this example of area‑based banking institutions to reason that Indian policy has precedent for area assignment, then seek specific linkage between Lead Bank duties and the Service Area Approach.

Uses the phrase 'Area Approach basis' for implementation of another scheme, showing the terminology and concept of area‑based implementation in Indian schemes.

A student could use this to justify comparing terminologies and implementation styles across schemes to test whether 'Service Area Approach' was implemented via the Lead Bank Scheme.

States MGNREGA is designed to strengthen water harvesting and watershed management, linking the scheme to watershed-type interventions.

A student could compare this with the Service Area Approach’s known focus on watershed/area-based planning to see if the SAA fits logically as an MGNREGA activity.

Lists creation of durable rural assets (ponds, check dams) as outcomes of MGNREGA work — asset types commonly produced under area-based watershed programmes.

One could check whether the Service Area Approach is the administrative/operational method used to plan such asset creation under rural employment schemes.

Notes MGNREGA revitalised Panchayati Raj institutions and implies decentralized implementation through local bodies.

Since the Service Area Approach often uses local administrative units (e.g., panchayats) as planning units, a student could investigate whether MGNREGA’s panchayat-based implementation corresponds to SAA practice.

Mentions implementation of MGNREGA in specific areas reduced dependence on shifting cultivation, indicating the scheme was applied via area-specific interventions.

A student might infer MGNREGA allows area-targeted measures and then verify whether those measures followed the Service Area Approach model.

Defines the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) as the central mission launched to implement and coordinate all skilling efforts and housed under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

A student could use this rule to check whether the Service Area Approach is described as a skilling/coordination measure; if so it is plausibly under NSDM/MSDE's remit and not another ministry.

Shows specific skilling schemes (e.g., PMKVY) are implemented by MSDE under the broader Skill India/skill-mission ecosystem.

If Service Area Approach is an operational scheme or method for deploying skilling programmes, one could reasonably expect MSDE/NSDM involvement and thus check MSDE/NSDM documents for it.

Distinguishes which bodies run particular employment/skill initiatives (e.g., Craftsman Training Scheme by MSDE; National Career Service by Ministry of Labour & Employment).

Use this pattern to test the statement by identifying which ministry or mission typically runs the kind of intervention Service Area Approach represents (training vs. career services).

Lists multiple government skill-development programmes and the National Skills Qualifications Framework as part of the skill-policy ecosystem.

A student can check whether Service Area Approach is listed among these types of programmes or is consistent with NSQF-aligned, mission-mode interventions to infer likely administrative home.

Notes that some national employment/skill initiatives are explicitly launched 'in a Mission Mode' and administered by specific departments.

Apply this rule by verifying whether Service Area Approach was launched in 'mission mode' and then tracing which department/mission was named as administrator.