2026 · Q2
Consider the following statements regarding State Support Mission by NITI Aayog:
- 1State Support Mission is an umbrella initiative by NITI Aayog aimed at fostering structured and institutionalized engagement with states and Union Territories (UTs)
- 2Its primary objective is to assist States and UTs in achieving their socioeconomic goals by 2036 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
General KnowledgeCurrent Affairs
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: the State Support Mission is NITI Aayog's umbrella initiative for structured and institutionalised engagement with States and UTs, as described in NITI's 2026 releases and the Lok Sabha answer of 11 March 2026. Statement 2 is incorrect: every official 2026 source places the Mission's socioeconomic goal at 2047 (Viksit Bharat @2047); the year 2036 appears only in state-level Vision documents such as Odisha's, not in the Mission's objective. Only statement 1 being correct, the answer is (A) 1 only. (Stored key corrected from C.)