In which year was Urja Vikas Nigam established in Madhya Pradesh?

Concept

Indian state governments set up dedicated body-corporate "Vikas Nigams" / development corporations, incorporated as companies with their own registration (incorporation) date, to run a specific developmental mandate (irrigation, tourism, energy, etc.). This incorporation date is distinct from the year the parent state itself was formed or the year any later scheme was launched, and it is this company-registration year that such GK questions test.

Application

Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVNL) is Madhya Pradesh’s nodal public-sector undertaking for promoting non-conventional/renewable energy in the state. Company-registry records and the Nigam’s own official records place its incorporation on 25 August 1982 — so 1982 is the year asked for in the question.

Cross-check

• 1952 — well before any Indian state had set up a dedicated non-conventional-energy development corporation; this is the year India held its first General Elections under the new Constitution (Oct 1951–Feb 1952), unrelated to MPUVNL’s founding.

• 1984 — two years after MPUVNL’s recorded incorporation date; this is the year of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Union Carbide plant disaster) in Madhya Pradesh, a separate historical event.

• 1988 — six years after MPUVNL’s recorded incorporation date; this is the year India launched IRS-1A, its first indigenous remote-sensing satellite, again unrelated to MPUVNL’s founding.