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Prelims · Economy & social development · 32 questions

Industry, infrastructure & investment

Every UPSC Prelims question on this topic, 2016–2026, newest first. Tap an option to check yourself; the answer and explanation open below it.

Industry, infrastructure & investment questions per year: 2016: 1, 2017: 5, 2018: 0, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 0, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 4 Asked in 9 of 11 years · most in 2017 (5)

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Prelims 2016 · Q7

Easy

निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा, सरकार की योजना ‘UDAY’ का एक प्रयोजन है?

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Which one of the following is a purpose of 'UDAY', a scheme of the Government?

(a) Providing technical and financial assistance to start-up entrepreneurs in the field of renewable sources of energy · (b) Providing electricity to every household in the country by 2018 · (c) Replacing the coal-based power plants with natural gas, nuclear, solar, wind and tidal power plants over a period of time · (d) Providing for financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) विद्युत् वितरण कंपनियों के वित्तीय कायापलट और पुनरुत्थान का प्रबंध करना

UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana), approved by the Union Cabinet on 5 November 2015, was a rescue-and-reform package for the loss-making State power distribution companies (DISCOMs). Its stated aim was their financial turnaround and revival.

  • ✓ (d) States were to take over 75 per cent of DISCOM debt as on 30 September 2015 over two years, cutting the interest burden, while DISCOMs committed to reduce losses and costs.
  • ✗ (b) Electrifying villages and households was the task of separate schemes such as the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, not UDAY, which dealt with the finances of distribution companies.
  • ✗ (c) UDAY did not decide the fuel mix of power generation; it worked at the distribution end of the power sector.

Remember · UDAY (Nov 2015) = Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana: States take over 75% of DISCOM debt; DISCOMs cut losses. Target: financial turnaround of power distribution companies.

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Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

Prelims 2016 · Q61

X-Ray · Core #58 Hard

हाल ही में भारत में प्रथम ‘राष्ट्रीय निवेश और विनिर्माण क्षेत्र (National Investment and Manufacturing Zone)’ का गठन कहाँ किए जाने के लिए प्रस्ताव दिया गया था?

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Recently, India's first 'National Investment and Manufacturing Zone' was proposed to be set up in

(a) Andhra Pradesh · (b) Gujarat · (c) Maharashtra · (d) Uttar Pradesh

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (a) आंध्र प्रदेश

The first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) to be cleared was at Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh. In March 2016 the Government told Lok Sabha that only two NIMZs, Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh) and Medak (Telangana), had received final approval, so Andhra Pradesh is the answer.

  • ✓ (a) Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh was one of the only two NIMZs with final approval in March 2016; the other, Medak, is in Telangana, which is not among the options.
  • ✗ (b) Gujarat's Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region was only announced as an NIMZ within the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor; it had no final approval in 2016.
  • ✗ (c) Maharashtra's NIMZs (Shendra-Bidkin and Nagpur) had been announced or given in-principle approval only, not final approval.
  • ✗ (d) Uttar Pradesh's sites (Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad, Auraiya, Jhansi) were also announced or at in-principle stage in 2016.
  • • Since then By December 2018 three NIMZs had final approval: Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh), Sangareddy (Telangana) and Kalinganagar (Odisha), with 13 more at in-principle stage (PIB, Lok Sabha reply of 27 Dec 2018).

Remember · NIMZs are large developed manufacturing zones under the National Manufacturing Policy, 2011. Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh) and Medak (Telangana) got the first final approvals.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

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