Correct answer: (d) Providing for financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies
Explanation
- A
Providing technical and financial assistance to start-up entrepreneurs in the field of renewable sources of energy
Technical and financial help to renewable start-ups. That is closer to other innovation or MNRE start-up windows, not UDAY. This letter is not the key.
- B
Providing electricity to every household in the country by 2018
Electricity to every household by 2018. Household electrification was Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti / Saubhagya territory, not UDAY’s core. This letter is not the key.
- C
Replacing the coal-based power plants with natural gas, nuclear, solar, wind and tidal power plants over a period of time
Replacing coal plants with gas, nuclear and renewables over time. UDAY is not a generation-mix swap programme. This letter is not the key.
- D
Providing for financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies
Financial turnaround of DISCOMs. Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (2015) lets states take over a large share of distribution-company debt, rework tariffs and cut AT&C losses so utilities can buy power and invest. That stored letter is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies. UDAY is a state-DISCOM debt and efficiency compact, not a start-up, last-mile household or coal-replacement scheme. Honour the stored letter (d).
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