Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2024 · Current Affairs · Question 8

Operations undertaken by the Army towards upliftment of the local population in remote areas to include addressing of their basic needs is called:

  1. Operation Sankalp
  2. Operation Maitri
  3. Operation Sadbhavana
  4. Operation Madam

Answer

Operation Sadbhavana

  • (a) Operation Sankalp: This was the Indian Navy’s mission in the Persian Gulf/Arabian Sea to ensure safe passage of Indian-flagged vessels. Not an Army civic-action programme for remote populations.
  • (b) Operation Maitri: This refers to India’s relief/assistance operations, notably earthquake relief in Nepal in 2015. Not the Army’s long-term local upliftment initiative.
  • (c) Operation Sadbhavana: This is the Indian Army’s civic-action programme, especially in J&K and remote areas, aimed at welfare, development, education, and basic needs of local people. Correct.
  • (d) Operation Madam: No known Indian Army operation by this name related to local population upliftment. Incorrect.
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