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Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0

Published on July 25, 2018
Engaging Educational Institutions for the betterment of Rural India. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is a flagship programme of Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) that aims to enrich Rural India.

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0
The second edition (Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0) was launched in April, 2018.
  • Currently 748 institutions are participating under the scheme.
  • In phase II, 605 institutions were selected.
  • Out of these 313 are technical Institutions and 292 are Non-Technical Institutions. 
  • 143 institutions had taken part in phase-1.

About Unnat Bharat Abhiyan:

  • The scheme aims to link higher education institutions with a set of atleast five villages, so that they can contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base.
  • Under this scheme, higher education institutions will participate in development activities, particularly in rural areas.

Objectives of the scheme:

  • To engage faculty and students of higher educational institutions in understanding rural realities.
  • Identify and select existing innovative technologies, enable customization of technologies or devise implementation methods for innovative solutions as required by people.
  • To allow higher educational institutions to contribute to devising systems for smooth implementation of various Government Programs.
  • The scheme is inspired by vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge base and resources of premier Institutions of the country to help build the architecture of Inclusive India.
  • It also aims to create virtuous cycle between society and inclusive university system, with the latter providing knowledge base, best practices for emerging livelihoods and upgrade in capabilities of both public and private sectors.

Role of institutes in this scheme:

  • Institutes through their faculty and students, will carry out studies of living conditions in adopted villages, assess local problems and needs, workout possibilities of leveraging technological interventions and need to improve processes in implementation of various government schemes and prepare workable action plans for the selected villages.

Questions:

Q1. When was the the second edition of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, launched?
a. March 2018
b. April 2018
c. May 2018
d. June 2018

Q2. The scheme aims to link higher education institutions with a set of atleast how many villages?
a. Five
b. Ten
c. One
d. Two
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