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Gruha Jyothi benefits 38.9 lakh Bengaluru households
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38.9 lakh Bengaluru households, one free-power scheme: Gruha Jyothi facts KAS aspirants must match correctly
Gruha Jyothi reach in Bengaluru.
Why it matters: Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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In Bengaluru, 38,91,445 households have used the Gruha Jyothi free electricity scheme since inception, the largest share of guarantee spending in the city.
সূত্র: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
মূল তথ্য
Remember these
- Gruha Jyothi is a Karnataka guarantee scheme giving free electricity up to 200 units a month to households
- 38,91,445 Bengaluru households have used Gruha Jyothi since inception
- Bengaluru accounts for the largest share of guarantee spending in the city, per the article
- Shakti gives free travel for women in state-run buses; Gruha Lakshmi gives ₹2,000 a month to the woman head of the family
- Anna Bhagya is a food-security scheme providing free food grains, not LPG cylinders
প্রিলিমস · মেইনস
How the exam will ask it
প্রিলিমস
- Gruha Jyothi is a Karnataka government guarantee scheme providing free electricity to eligible domestic consumers up to 200 units a month.
- Gruha Lakshmi provides monthly financial assistance of ₹2,000 to the woman head of the family.
- Anna Bhagya is a food-security scheme that provides free food grains (rice), not free LPG cylinders.
মেইনস
GS Paper 2 (welfare schemes, state policies) and GS Paper 3 (state finances). Issue: universal guarantee schemes like Gruha Jyothi reach millions of households but strain state finances and the power sector. Policy: targeting through a consumption cap of 200 units and registration. Implication: fiscal burden and power subsidy dues; way forward is better targeting, direct benefit transfer and budgeting for sustainability.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Consider the following pairs of Karnataka government guarantee schemes and their benefits:
- Shakti — free travel for women in state-run buses
- Gruha Jyothi — free electricity up to 200 units a month
- Gruha Lakshmi — monthly assistance of ₹2,000 to the woman head of the family
- Anna Bhagya — free LPG cylinders
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
- Only one
- Only two
- Only three
- All four
উত্তর দেখুন
উত্তর: C — Correct: Only three — pairs 1, 2 and 3 match, but Anna Bhagya provides free food grains (rice), not LPG cylinders. • Only one — wrong: three of the four pairs are correctly matched, not one. • Only two — wrong: pairs 1, 2 and 3 are all accurate, so two undercounts. • All four — wrong: pair 4 is mismatched, because Anna Bhagya is a food-security scheme.
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