UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — CBDC-Based Food Subsidy Distribution Pilot under PMGKAY to be Launched in Puducherry

Q1. The Digital Rupee (e₹) that is used as programmable, purpose-bound money in India's welfare pilots is issued and operationalised by which one of the following authorities?

  • A. Reserve Bank of India
  • B. Securities and Exchange Board of India
  • C. National Payments Corporation of India
  • D. Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance

Q2. The programmable Digital Rupee credited to beneficiaries under the Puducherry CBDC-PMGKAY pilot is issued by the RBI as legal tender under which one of the following provisions?

  • A. Section 22 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
  • B. Section 3 of the National Food Security Act, 2013
  • C. Section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
  • D. Section 45 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007

Q3. Apart from the Government of Puducherry, exactly how many institutional partners are officially named as implementing the CBDC-PMGKAY pilot in Puducherry?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q4. Among the Union Territories covered by the pre-2023 cash-transfer-of-food-subsidy pilot, which one was the LAST to be brought under the scheme (in March 2016)?

  • A. Dadra & Nagar Haveli (urban areas)
  • B. Chandigarh
  • C. Puducherry
  • D. Lakshadweep

Q5. The pre-2023 cash-transfer-of-food-subsidy pilot (cash in lieu of foodgrains) was implemented in how many Union Territories?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q6. The 2025 CBDC-based Digital Food Coupon pilot in Gujarat was launched under the PDS in how many districts?

  • A. Three
  • B. Four
  • C. Five
  • D. Six

Q7. Puducherry's legislative assembly and Council of Ministers — the arrangement that lets it repeatedly host such pilot programmes — were constituted under which one of the following?

  • A. The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (enacted under Article 239A)
  • B. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991
  • C. The States Reorganisation Act, 1956
  • D. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019