UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

What is the aim of the programme 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan'?

  1. Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and government's education system and local communities.
  2. Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.
  3. Strengthening India's scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological power.
  4. Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.

Answer

Correct Answer

Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.

Explanation

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan aims to link higher educational institutions with nearby rural communities to identify and solve local development challenges through the application of appropriate knowledge and technology.

Topics: higher education and rural development schemes, polity and governance, uba aim, unnat bharat abhiyan