टॉपिक 11 – महिला एवं बाल विकास

✅ Correct answer: (D) 📌 Analysis: All three statements are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Lado Protsahan Yojana (announced in Budget 2024-25; replaced the earlier 'Rajshri Yojana' – ₹50,000): a ₹1.5 lakh 'savings bond' in total – instalments: birth, 1 year (vaccination), entry to classes 1, 6, 10 and 12, and a final ₹1 lakh at age 21 on graduation/before marriage (the seventh instalment to the girl). Instalments 3-6 are paid by the School Education Department and the seventh by Higher Education/Women and Child Development. Aims – positive attitudes to the birth of girls, institutional deliveries, continued education and preventing child marriage (final instalment at 21). Economic Review 2025-26: about 3.27 lakh girls benefited. Related central scheme – 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' (22 January 2015, Panipat; Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district noted for improving the child sex ratio). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Total amount under Lado Protsahan? – ₹1.5 lakh (7 instalments) • Predecessor scheme? – Rajshri Yojana • Girls benefited (Economic Review)? – About 3.27 lakh

✅ Correct answer: (D) 📌 Analysis: Correct match: Kanyadan basic – ₹31,000; graduate – ₹51,000; 10th pass – ₹41,000; mass marriage – ₹25,000. 📘 Understand in depth: Mukhyamantri Kanyadan (Hathlewa) Yojana: ₹31,000 on the marriage of a girl above 18 from SC, ST, minority and BPL families; +₹10,000 if 10th pass (total ₹41,000); +₹20,000 if a graduate (total ₹51,000). Other category – BPL, Antyodaya, Astha card holders, economically weak widows, specially-abled, Palanhar beneficiaries and women athletes – ₹21,000 basic + the same extra amounts. Widow Remarriage Gift Scheme – ₹51,000 on the remarriage of a woman receiving widow pension. Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah evam Anudan Yojana – ₹25,000 per couple (₹21,000 to the bride + ₹4,000 to the organising body); at least 25 couples; up to ₹10 lakh to the body for organising inter-community couples. Nodal – Social Justice and Empowerment Department; applications via Jan Aadhaar/SSO. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Widow remarriage gift amount? – ₹51,000 • Minimum couples for a mass marriage? – 25 • Amount to the bride in a mass marriage? – ₹21,000

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Only statement I is correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Scheme: beneficiaries of PM Ujjwala Yojana and BPL families – later extended to families under the National Food Security Act (NFSA); effective consumer price ₹450 per cylinder; the subsidy goes by DBT to the bank account (the consumer pays the market price first and the difference returns to the account); limit – 1 cylinder a month, i.e. at most 12 a year – so statement II is wrong. Eligibility needs the LPG connection seeded with Jan Aadhaar. Aim – clean fuel, protecting women from smoke-related harm (SDG-7). Public distribution in the state – about 27,366 ration shops; about 4.4 crore NFSA beneficiaries get free monthly rations (PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Annual cylinder limit under the gas scheme? – 12 • Mode of subsidy payment? – DBT • Ration shops in the state? – About 27,366

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Only three statements (1, 2 and 3) are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement 4 is wrong – the Kalibai Bhil 'Udaan' scheme gives free sanitary napkins to women/girls aged 10-45 (bought by RMSCL and Rajeevika, distributed through anganwadis/schools); scooties come under the 'Kalibai Bhil Meritorious Girl Student Scooty Scheme'. Statement 5 is wrong – private employers also register on the Work From Home portal; work includes tailoring-textiles, online consulting, teaching, web design, digital marketing, data entry, accounting, GST filing, jewellery, packaging etc. Lakhpati Didi (Centre's target 3 crore; in the state, per the government, 12 lakh+ women are lakhpati) – an SHG member earning over ₹1 lakh a year. Nari Shakti Udyam – ₹50 lakh for individuals/SHGs, ₹1 crore for clusters/federations (limit raised from 2026-27). Nari Shakti Prashikshan evam Kaushal Samvardhan Yojana – free RS-CIT, RS-CFA, spoken English. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Kalibai Bhil Udaan Yojana? – Free sanitary napkins • Definition of a Lakhpati Didi? – SHG member earning ₹1 lakh+ a year • Free courses under Nari Shakti training? – RS-CIT, RS-CFA, spoken English

✅ Correct answer: (D) 📌 Analysis: A is false, but R is true. 📘 Understand in depth: The adolescent girls scheme (14-18 years) began on 1 April 2022 in only five aspirational districts – Baran, Karauli, Jaisalmer, Dholpur, Sirohi; so A is false. Budget 2026-27 announced extending it to 27 aspirational blocks (R true). Components – supplementary nutrition (through anganwadis), health check-ups, iron-folic acid, nutrition-health education, bringing out-of-school girls back to education, life skills. Related framework – 'Samarthya' and 'Sambal' sub-schemes under the Centre's 'Mission Shakti'; Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0. Budget 2026-27 – 7,500 anganwadis upgraded to 'Nandghar', 11,000 Amrit Poshan Vatikas (₹500 crore). ICDS covers about 30 lakh women and children. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Original 5 districts of the adolescent girls scheme? – Baran, Karauli, Jaisalmer, Dholpur, Sirohi • Name of the anganwadi upgrade (2026-27)? – Nandghar • Amrit Poshan Vatikas? – 11,000

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Only statement II is correct. 📘 Understand in depth: The amounts in statement I are reversed – of ₹25,000, ₹21,000 goes to the bride (DBT) and ₹4,000 to the organising body. Aim – cut wedding costs, curb dowry and extravagance, prevent child marriage (groom 21, bride 18). Related schemes – Mukhyamantri Kanyadan (Hathlewa): ₹31,000 to SC/ST/minority/BPL girls aged 18+; ₹41,000 if 10th pass, ₹51,000 if graduate; for other eligible categories (Antyodaya, Aastha card holders, economically weak widows, specially-abled, Palanhar beneficiaries, women sportspersons) ₹21,000 + ₹10,000 (10th) / ₹20,000 (graduate); widow remarriage gift – ₹51,000 on remarriage of a pensioner widow. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Minimum couples in a mass wedding? – 25 • Widow remarriage gift? – ₹51,000 • Kanyadan amount for a 10th-pass SC/ST girl? – ₹41,000

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Only statements 2 and 3 are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: The amounts in statement 1 are reversed – the state contributes ₹750 a year for an anganwadi worker and ₹376 for a helper/ASHA sahyogini. Sathin – the village-level worker of the Women's Development Programme (1984); women's rights, preventing child marriage and dowry, scheme information. ASHA sahyoginis – 54,022 (a joint cadre of health and women-child development). Workplace – POSH Act 2013: an internal committee for employers with 10+ workers, local committees in districts; a three-tier Mahila Samadhan Samiti (division, district, sub-division) for women of the unorganised sector. 181 women's helpline 24×7. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • ASHA sahyoginis in the state? – 54,022 • Threshold for an internal committee under POSH? – 10+ employees • When did the Women's Development Programme begin? – 1984

✅ Correct answer: (C) 📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Aim – menstrual hygiene, lower school drop-out, health awareness; distribution through government schools and anganwadi centres; spending ₹91.50 crore; 63 lakh sanitary pads under Rajeevika's Udaan initiative. Name – Kalibai Bheel (Rastapal, Dungarpur; died in 1947 saving her teacher) – a symbol of education and courage; the meritorious girls' scooty scheme and the Mahila Sambal Shiksha Setu scheme are also named after her. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Kalibai Bheel is linked to which place? – Rastapal (Dungarpur) • Spending on the Udaan scheme? – ₹91.50 crore • Another scheme in Kalibai's name? – Meritorious girls' scooty scheme

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Only three statements (1, 2 and 4) are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement 3 is wrong – ₹1.50 lakh is paid in 7 instalments (6 to the guardian, the 7th – at graduation/age 21 – straight to the girl's account). Statement 5 is wrong – 3.27 lakh girls benefited; ₹217.63 crore used of ₹320 crore. The scheme runs from 1 August 2024 (replacing the Rajshri Yojana). Order of instalments – birth, immunisation (1 year), entry into classes 1, 6, 10, 12, and graduation/age 21 – encouraging the girl's continuity from birth to higher education. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Lado Protsahan replaced which scheme? – Rajshri Yojana • Beneficiaries of Lado Protsahan (December 2025)? – 3.27 lakh • Into whose account does the 7th instalment go? – The girl's

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. 📘 Understand in depth: The timing of the kit (last 5 months) rests on the scientific basis that foetal weight grows most in the third trimester and the mother's iron/protein needs are higher – so R is the reason for A. Figures – 2.35 lakh pregnant women. NFHS-5 anaemia in pregnant women 46.3%. Complementary schemes – PMMVY (₹5,000/₹6,000), Mukhyamantri Matritva Poshan Yojana (Cash Plus model), Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, Anaemia Mukt Bharat (IFA tablets), the 'first 1,000 days' concept. Budget 2026-27 – 11,000 Amrit Poshan Vatikas (₹500 crore). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Nutri-kit beneficiaries? – 2.35 lakh • Amrit Poshan Vatikas in Budget 2026-27? – 11,000 • Concept of the decisive window for nutrition? – First 1,000 days

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Correct match: adoption – 151; sponsorship – 201; foster care – 62; after-care – 42. 📘 Understand in depth: Mission Vatsalya (centrally sponsored, 60:40; formerly the Integrated Child Protection Scheme ICPS) – implementing the Juvenile Justice Act 2015: 40 government and 79 non-government child care institutions (CCIs) – 3,268 children; ₹50.41 crore spent to December 2025. Non-institutional care – sponsorship (monthly help to the family so the child stays at home), foster care, adoption (CARA – Central Adoption Resource Authority), after-care (help from 18 up to 21 years). District level – Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), District Child Protection Unit; child helpline 1098. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Predecessor of Mission Vatsalya? – ICPS • National adoption authority? – CARA • Child helpline number? – 1098

✅ Correct answer: (C) 📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: RS-CIT – Rajasthan State Certificate Course in IT (Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota and RKCL); RS-CFA – financial accounting; RS-CSEP – spoken English and personality development. Others: Mukhyamantri Nari Shakti Udyam Protsahan – up to ₹50 lakh for individuals/SHGs, up to ₹1 crore for clusters/federations (Budget 2026-27 announced an individual limit of ₹1 crore); Mukhyamantri Work From Home/Job Work Yojana – work from home through portal registration; Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi (loans at 2.5%); Lakhpati Didi. Amrita Haat – an annual fair of the Women and Child Development department to show and sell SHG products. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • University that certifies RS-CIT? – Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota • Cluster/federation limit under Nari Shakti Udyam? – ₹1 crore • Amrita Haat belongs to which department? – Women and Child Development

✅ Correct answer: (C) 📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: 'Cash' = direct benefit transfer (DBT); 'Plus' = behaviour-change communication (BCC) – counselling and home visits by anganwadi/ASHA workers and awareness drives such as 'Bahubali' – so the cash is spent on nutritious food. Targeted – tribal-majority southern districts with high malnutrition-anaemia. Result – spending on food 30% → 89%; better maternal nutrition. Complementary – Mukhyamantri Suposhan Nutri-Kit (2.35 lakh pregnant women), PMMVY (₹5,000/₹6,000), JSY. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • What is the 'Plus' in Cash Plus? – Behaviour-change communication/counselling • Awareness drive of Cash Plus? – Bahubali • In which kind of districts is Cash Plus? – Tribal-majority southern districts

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Correct match: domestic violence – 2005; child marriage prohibition – 2006; POSH – 2013; PCPNDT – 1994. 📘 Understand in depth: Domestic Violence Act 2005 – protection officers, protection/residence/monetary relief orders. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 – marriage age girl 18, boy 21; child marriage prohibition officers; special vigilance in Rajasthan on Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej). POSH 2013 – internal committee at 10+ employees; local committees in districts (based on the Vishaka guidelines 1997). PCPNDT 1994 (2003 amendment) – ban on sex selection; 'Mukhbir Yojana' and decoy operations in Rajasthan. Census 2011 – Rajasthan's sex ratio 928, child sex ratio (0-6) 888; Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (22 January 2015, Panipat). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Rajasthan's child sex ratio (2011)? – 888 • Basis of the POSH Act? – Vishaka guidelines (1997) • Launch of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao? – 22 January 2015, Panipat

✅ Correct answer: (C) 📌 Analysis: Only statements 1 and 3 are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement 2 is wrong – 'Samarthya' includes PMMVY, Shakti Sadan (formerly Swadhar/Ujjawala homes), Sakhi Niwas (working women's hostels), Palna (creches) and the Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW). Centre-state 60:40 in the 'Samarthya' hub. State – the State Hub for Women Empowerment (Mission Shakti), the Institute for Women and Child Development; 'Pannadhay Suraksha evam Samman Yojana' – annual awards in four categories. Sakhi One Stop Centre – medical, police, legal, counselling and temporary shelter for women facing violence, all in one place. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • New name of working women's hostels? – Sakhi Niwas • Name of the creche scheme? – Palna • New form of Swadhar/Ujjawala homes? – Shakti Sadan

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Only statement II is correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement I is wrong – the announcement is to develop (upgrade) 7,500 anganwadi centres as 'Nandghars', not to close them; Nandghar – a modern anganwadi model developed with Vedanta's support (smart classes, clean toilets, power, drinking water, health check-ups, skills for women). Scheme for adolescent girls (14-18 years; from 1 April 2022 in 5 aspirational districts – Baran, Karauli, Jaisalmer, Dholpur, Sirohi) – now 27 aspirational blocks. Others – 11,000 Amrit Poshan Vatikas (₹500 crore); social welfare and nutrition sector ₹26,495 crore in Budget 2026-27. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Initial districts of the adolescent-girls scheme? – Baran, Karauli, Jaisalmer, Dholpur, Sirohi • Nandghar model developed with which company? – Vedanta • Social welfare and nutrition in Budget 2026-27? – ₹26,495 crore

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. 📘 Understand in depth: The milestone-based structure of instalments (birth, immunisation, entry into classes 1, 6, 10, 12, graduation/age 21) was designed precisely so that families keep the girl in school and do not marry her early – so R is the reason for A. Total ₹1.50 lakh, 7 instalments; the 7th straight to the girl's bank account; instalments 3-6 from School Education, the 7th from Higher Education. Condition – birth in a government/JSY-approved institution (also encouraging institutional delivery). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Total amount under Lado? – ₹1.50 lakh • When did Lado Protsahan begin? – 1 August 2024 • Which department pays the 7th instalment? – Higher Education

✅ Correct answer: (D) 📌 Analysis: The answer is Basant Panchami. 📘 Understand in depth: Gargi Puraskar – for girls who score 75% or more in the secondary exam (class 10) and continue studying (money and a certificate); Balika Protsahan Puraskar – for girls with 75%+ in higher secondary (class 12); presented on Basant Panchami (festival of Saraswati, goddess of learning). Balika Shiksha Foundation – School Education department. Forums – Meena-Raju (classes 6-8), Gargi Manch (classes 9-12). Other incentives for girls' education – free bicycles (class 9), Kalibai Bheel/Devnarayan scooties, Lado Protsahan. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Eligibility for the Gargi Puraskar? – 75%+ in class 10 • Gargi Manch is for which classes? – 9-12 • National Girl Child Day? – 24 January

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Correct match: Witch-hunting prevention – 2015; marriage registration – 2009; Women's Commission – 1999; ban on interference in the name of honour – 2019. 📘 Understand in depth: Prevention of Witch-Hunting Act 2015 – harassing a woman by branding her a 'witch' is punishable (an evil practice in southern tribal districts). Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act 2009 – helps prevent child marriage and protect women's rights. State Commission for Women – Act 1999, formed 15 May 1999. 2019 Act – penalties for 'honour killing' and interference by khap panchayats (up to death/life imprisonment if death results). Rajasthan applies 50% reservation for women in Panchayati Raj institutions (by the 2008 amendment). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Formation of the State Women's Commission? – 15 May 1999 • Women's reservation in PRIs (Rajasthan)? – 50% • Area affected by the witch practice? – Southern tribal districts

✅ Correct answer: (C) 📌 Analysis: Only statements 1 and 2 are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement 3 is wrong – beneficiaries: children aged 0-6, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescent girls (14-18 years – in aspirational districts/blocks). ICDS now runs under 'Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0' (Mission Poshan 2.0, from 2021-22) – merging POSHAN Abhiyaan, the adolescent-girls scheme and anganwadi services; real-time monitoring through the 'Poshan Tracker' app; upgraded 'Saksham Anganwadis' (LED screens, smart learning, water purifiers). State – 7,500 anganwadis to become Nandghars (Budget 2026-27), anganwadi-school integration, nutri-kits, the Cash Plus model; ICDS coverage about 30 lakh women and children (Economic Review summary). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Present form of ICDS? – Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 • Anganwadi monitoring app? – Poshan Tracker • Age of adolescent girls under ICDS? – 14-18 years

✅ Correct answer: (C) 📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Jhunjhunu was chosen for its notable gain in child sex ratio under BBBP (10 districts of Rajasthan were among the 100 first-phase BBBP districts in 2015). POSHAN Abhiyaan – targets to reduce stunting, undernutrition, anaemia and low birth weight; a 'Jan Andolan', September – Poshan Maah, March – Poshan Pakhwada. BBBP (22 January 2015, Panipat) – a joint initiative of the Women and Child Development, Health and Education ministries; now part of 'Mission Shakti – Sambal'. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Which month is Poshan Maah? – September • Why was Jhunjhunu chosen? – Better child sex ratio • BBBP is now part of which mission? – Mission Shakti (Sambal)

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A. 📘 Understand in depth: R gives the constitutional minimum (1/3, Article 243D); the 50% in A was given by the state through its own law (the 2008 amendment to the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act 1994), going beyond the minimum – so R does not directly explain A (the Constitution does not require 50%, it only sets a floor). Effect – women's leadership in local government; challenge – the 'sarpanch-pati' tendency; remedies – training, women's sabhas in the Gram Sabha, gender-friendly places (2% of the 6th SFC grant). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Article on women's reservation in panchayats? – 243D • Share for gender-friendly places in the 6th SFC? – 2% • Constitutional minimum women's reservation? – One-third

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Only statement I is correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement II is wrong – it is in the EEE (Exempt-Exempt-Exempt) category – deposits deductible under Section 80C (old tax regime), interest and maturity amount tax-free. Scheme – 22 January 2015 (with BBBP, Panipat); minimum ₹250, maximum ₹1.5 lakh a year; deposits for 15 years; partial withdrawal after 18 for higher education/marriage. Complementary state schemes – Lado Protsahan (₹1.50 lakh, 7 instalments), Kanyadan, Gargi Puraskar. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Minimum yearly deposit under Sukanya Samriddhi? – ₹250 • Tax category of Sukanya Samriddhi? – EEE • Deposit period? – 15 years

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: The answer is the Mukhyamantri Work From Home/Job Work Yojana. 📘 Understand in depth: Work From Home/Job Work – registration of women and employers/organisations on a portal; work such as tailoring, packaging, data entry and handicrafts from home; especially useful for widowed, deserted and disabled women. Other options: Nari Shakti Udyam – loans/subsidy for enterprises (₹50 lakh–₹1 crore); Amrita Haat – a fair to market SHG products; Mahila Nidhi – loans at 2.5% to SHG women. Context – female labour force participation (LFPR) about 42% (Economic Review summary); per the Chief Minister, 20 lakh women were trained and linked to digital self-employment in two years. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Interest rate of Mahila Nidhi? – 2.5% • Female LFPR in the state (about)? – 42% • Cluster limit under Nari Shakti Udyam? – ₹1 crore

✅ Correct answer: (C) 📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Implementing the women's policy – Directorate of Women Empowerment (Women and Child Development department), State Women's Commission (1999), gender budgeting (a gender budget statement in the budget), the 181 helpline and Sakhi One Stop Centres for women's safety. Economic empowerment – Lakhpati Didi (12.98 lakh), Nari Shakti Udyam (up to ₹1 crore), Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi; education – Lado Protsahan, scooty schemes, Gargi Puraskar; decision-making – 50% reservation in PRIs. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • State Women's Commission? – 1999 • Women's reservation in PRIs? – 50% • Lakhpati Didis (December 2025)? – 12.98 lakh

✅ Correct answer: (D) 📌 Analysis: All three statements are correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 – up to 2 years' jail and ₹1 lakh fine; a child marriage is 'voidable' (at the option of the child); child marriage prohibition officers; court injunctions. Rajasthan – special vigilance on Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej) and Peepal Purnima; the Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act 2009; awareness through Sathins and anganwadis; Lado Protsahan (continuity of schooling supports later marriage), mass-wedding grant (age verification). Economic effects of child marriage – lower girls' education and labour-force participation, maternal-child health risks. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Maximum jail under the child marriage Act? – 2 years • Day of special child-marriage vigilance in Rajasthan? – Akshaya Tritiya (Akha Teej) • Legal status of a child marriage? – Voidable

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. 📘 Understand in depth: The supply-side and demand-side barriers in R are the causes of low LFPR – R explains A. State measures – skills (Nari Shakti training: RS-CIT, RS-CFA, RS-CSEP), self-employment (Lakhpati Didi, Nari Shakti Udyam, Mahila Nidhi), home-based work (Work From Home/Job Work), safety (181, POSH committees), education (Lado, scooties). Centre – maternity benefit (26 weeks, creches), Palna (creche scheme), Sakhi Niwas (working women's hostels), night shifts for women with consent under the labour codes. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Central creche scheme? – Palna • Working women's hostels? – Sakhi Niwas • Maternity leave (first two children)? – 26 weeks

✅ Correct answer: (B) 📌 Analysis: Only statement II is correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement I is wrong – POCSO (2012) applies to all children under 18 (boys and girls); the 2019 amendment allows up to the death penalty for grave offences; special courts, child-friendly procedures. State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (set up in Rajasthan in 2010) – monitors child rights, reviews implementation of RTE and POCSO. Others – Juvenile Justice Act 2015, Mission Vatsalya (60:40), Child Welfare Committees, child helpline 1098, Palanhar. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Year of the POCSO Act? – 2012 • Formation of the Rajasthan child-rights commission? – 2010 • Child helpline? – 1098

✅ Correct answer: (D) 📌 Analysis: The answer is assessing and disclosing allocations for women and girls across departments. 📘 Understand in depth: Gender budgeting – gender-impact analysis of a budget that looks 'gender-neutral'; categories: (A) 100% women-specific schemes (Lado Protsahan, Kalibai Udaan, PMMVY), (B) schemes with 30-99% benefit to women (housing, health, self-employment etc.). Rajasthan – a gender budget statement with the budget papers; also child-budget and green-budget (environment-linked spending) initiatives. Centre – gender budget statement since 2005-06. 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Gender budget statement in the Centre since? – 2005-06 • Example of a 100% women-specific scheme? – Lado Protsahan • Budget of environment-linked spending? – Green budget

✅ Correct answer: (A) 📌 Analysis: Only statement I is correct. 📘 Understand in depth: Statement II is wrong – Poshan Tracker is the national app of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (Mission Poshan 2.0), used in all states. Uses – identifying stunting/wasting/underweight from children's height-weight, THR and hot-cooked-meal distribution, anganwadi attendance; FRS ensures ration reaches the real beneficiary (less leakage). Rajasthan – NFHS-5 stunting 31.8%, wasting 16.8%, underweight 27.6%; the Cash Plus model, nutri-kits, 7,500 Nandghars (Budget 2026-27). 🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this: • Poshan Tracker is part of which mission? – Mission Poshan 2.0 • Full form of THR? – Take-Home Ration • State wasting in NFHS-5? – 16.8%