{"id":1781,"date":"2024-03-29T21:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:11:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:41:17","slug":"q-what-is-the-aim-of-the-programme-unnat-bharat-abhiyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-what-is-the-aim-of-the-programme-unnat-bharat-abhiyan","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0What is the aim of the programme \u2018Unnat Bharat Abhiyan\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Achieving 100% literacy by promoting collaboration between voluntary organizations and government\u2019s education system and local communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthening India\u2019s scientific research institutions in order to make India a scientific and technological power.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing human capital by allocating special funds for health care and education of rural and urban poor, and organizing skill development programmes and vocational training for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"unnat-bharat-abhiyan-scheme\">Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is a flagship program of the<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_of_Education_(India)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ministry of Education<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;It was&nbsp;<strong>launched in 2014.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of&nbsp;<strong>transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It aims to\u00a0<strong>link the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with a set of at least (5) villages,<\/strong>\u00a0so that these institutions can contribute to the\u00a0<strong>economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It&nbsp;<strong>covers two major domains<\/strong>&nbsp;for holistic development of villages \u2013<strong>&nbsp;human development and material (economic) development<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 in an integrated way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The<strong>&nbsp;Indian Institute of Technology Delhi<\/strong>&nbsp;(IIT, Delhi) has been designated as the&nbsp;<strong>National Coordinating Institute<\/strong>&nbsp;(NCI) for the UBA scheme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Main Objectives:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To&nbsp;<strong>engage the faculty and students of HEIs in identifying development issues in rural areas<\/strong>&nbsp;and finding sustainable solutions for the same.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify &amp; select existing innovative technologies, enable customisation of technologies, or devise implementation methods for innovative solutions,<strong>&nbsp;as required by the people.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To allow HEIs to contribute to devising systems for smooth&nbsp;<strong>implementation of various Government programmes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the upgraded version of<strong>&nbsp;UBA 1.0.<\/strong>\u00a0It was<strong>&nbsp;launched in 2018.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UBA 1.0<\/strong>&nbsp;or UBA Phase-1 was the&nbsp;<strong>Invitation Mode<\/strong>&nbsp;in which Participating Institutions were invited to be a part of UBA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whereas&nbsp;<strong>UBA 2.0 is the Challenge Mode<\/strong>&nbsp;of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan programme where all HEIs are required to willingly adopt at least 5 villages. Currently, UBA 2.0 Mode is going on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was in line with the original goals of UBA, but had&nbsp;<strong>expanded over to a broader rural population and higher educational institutions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Initially, only Government educational organisations were a part of UBA but later on&nbsp;<strong>both, public and private Institutions<\/strong>&nbsp;were included under this scheme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Both, the faculty and the students&nbsp;<\/strong>of Higher Education Institutes were brought to an understanding with the rural people. They were made familiar with the everyday challenges of people in rural India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each Institute was to adopt certain number of villages, and then work with the District Administration to bring in new technologies and innovative ideas to solve the basic problems of their adopted village and its people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(b) Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies. 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