For the Union Budget 2023–24, the budgetary allocation for the Jal Jeevan…
2023
For the Union Budget 2023–24, the budgetary allocation for the Jal Jeevan Mission was:
Answer: A. ₹70,000 crore — ConceptBudget questions must be tied to a financial year and must distinguish an annual budgetary allocation from a scheme’s multi-year outlay. The applicable…
- A.
₹70,000 crore
- B.
₹72,000 crore
- C.
₹75,000 crore
- D.
More than one of the above
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: A
Concept
Budget questions must be tied to a financial year and must distinguish an annual budgetary allocation from a scheme’s multi-year outlay. The applicable figure is the amount entered for that scheme in the Union Budget’s major-schemes table for the stated year.
Application
The Union Budget 2023–24 lists Jal Jeevan Mission/National Rural Drinking Water Mission with a Budget Estimate of ₹70,000 crore. Therefore, the budgetary allocation asked here is ₹70,000 crore.
Contrast
₹72,000 crore and ₹75,000 crore are different from the 2023–24 Budget Estimate recorded for the mission.
“More than one of the above” would require at least two listed amounts to represent the same annual allocation, whereas a budget entry records one amount.
“None of the above” would apply only if the recorded annual allocation differed from all three stated monetary amounts.
Cross-check
The Ministry of Jal Shakti’s March 2023 statement independently reports Gross Budgetary Support of ₹70,000 crore for the mission in 2023–24, matching the Union Budget table.