Correct answer: (d) Availability of Wi-fi in Public places
Explanation
- A
Censorship in Print and Digital Media
Censorship of print and digital media is not PM-WANI. Media regulation sits with other statutes and authorities, not with a public Wi-Fi access scheme. This option therefore names an unrelated policy field.
- B
Development of Lok Sangeet
Development of folk music (lok sangeet) is a cultural programme theme, not PM-WANI. The scheme’s acronym is Wi-Fi Access Network Interface, not a music mission. Linking VANI to sangeet is a Hindi-word trap.
- C
Audio-Visual Release of Lok Sabha
Audio-visual release of Lok Sabha proceedings is a parliamentary broadcast function, not PM-WANI. Sansad TV and related feeds are separate from DoT’s public Wi-Fi architecture. This option confuses ‘VANI’ with parliamentary voice.
- D
Availability of Wi-fi in Public places
(d) Official key: PM-WANI (Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) is a Department of Telecommunications framework to proliferate public Wi-Fi through Public Data Offices and aggregators, without a licence for last-mile PDOs. It aims at affordable internet in public places. Among the four labels, only Wi-Fi availability matches the scheme.
Summary. Official key is (d). PM-WANI is the Union’s public Wi-Fi access architecture: small PDOs, aggregators and a central registry so users can log on in public places. It is not a censorship law, a folk-music mission, or Lok Sabha AV release. The Hindi word ‘vaani’ is the distractor; the scheme is Wi-Fi, not voice or song.