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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The UDAN scheme has won the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under which category?
A
Good Governance
B
Innovation
C
End to End Delivery of Services
D
Peoples’ participation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) flagship Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (UdeDeshkaAamNagrik) has been selected for Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under the category “Innovation (General) – Central”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Government of India has instituted a scheme in 2006 namely, “The Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration” - to acknowledge, recognize and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts/ Organizations of the Central and State Governments.

Detailed explanation-3: -UDAN Scheme of Ministry of Civil Aviation completes 5 years of success.

Detailed explanation-4: -This very dream of common man is being fulfilled by Central Govt.’s UDAN scheme. Since the first flight under UDAN in 2017, around 60 Lakh people have travelled by air in Rs. 2500 only. Now an initiative to connect 1000 routes by air services has started, 1 Crore persons will fly every year.

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