Which of the following schemes of the Government of India is a part of the ‘Target Group’ approach?

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- Approaches: Central rural development schemes are implemented either by an area-based approach (targeting specific geographic areas with common problems) or by a target-group approach (targeting specific groups of people irrespective of area).

- (1) Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP): This is an area-based programme targeting drought-prone regions, so it is NOT a target-group scheme.

- (2) Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA): This scheme specifically targets marginal farmers as a social/economic group. This is a classic example of the target-group approach.

- (3) Hill Areas Development Programme (HADP): This targets hill regions (a geographic area), so it is area-based, not target-group.

- (4) Command Area Development & Water Management Programme (CADP): This targets irrigation command areas (geographic), hence area-based.

Conclusion: Only (2) MFDA is part of the target-group approach.

FINAL_ANSWER: b

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