In which year did NABARD initiate its pilot project to link 500 Self-Help…
2026
In which year did NABARD initiate its pilot project to link 500 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with banks in India?
Answer: B. 1992 — ConceptA pilot project is a limited first implementation used to test a model before wider rollout. For an institutional programme, identify the launch year…
- A.
2000
- B.
1992
- C.
1990
- D.
1995
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Correct answer: B
Concept
A pilot project is a limited first implementation used to test a model before wider rollout.
For an institutional programme, identify the launch year from the issuing body's official guidelines or chronology, not from later expansion milestones.
Application
NABARD's official history records that it issued operational guidelines on 26 February 1992 for a pilot project linking 500 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with banks. Therefore, the initiation year was 1992.
Contrast
1990 predates those operational guidelines.
1995 falls after the pilot had already begun.
2000 belongs to the later expansion period of SHG-bank linkage.
Result
The pilot project was initiated in 1992.