Which one of the following is a purpose of 'UDAY', a scheme of the Government?
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Answer: D. UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana), launched in November 2015, aims at the financial turnaround of state power distribution companies (DISCOMs), mainly by states taking over most of their debt and DISCOMs cutting losses.
Watch for: Any power-sector scheme name tempts students to choose electrification or clean energy.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because UDAY is not a start-up scheme for renewable energy.
- B. Wrong because household electrification was the aim of other schemes such as DDUGJY, not UDAY.
- C. Wrong because UDAY does not replace coal plants with other sources.
Source to check: Ministry of Power, UDAY scheme notification, November 2015 (powermin.gov.in); Press Information Bureau release, 5 November 2015
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