60. Which one of the following States was never granted the Special Category Status (SCS) by the Central Government?
(A) Bihar
(B) Sikkim
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above
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Bihar was never granted the ‘Special Category Status’ (SCS) by the Central Government.
Option: A
Explanation:
- A ‘Special Category Status’ (SCS) is a specific classification granted by the Central Government to ‘assist in the development’ of those states which are financially and geographically weak.
- The factors for weakness may include ‘geographical and socio-economic’ drawbacks like hilly terrains, economic and infrastructural backwardness, strategic international borders, and ‘non-viable state finances’.
- The special category status was first introduced in 1969 during the fifth Finance Commission after a lot of debates and disputes to breech the poverty of disadvantaged states.
- Bihar does not it into this category so it hasn’t been granted the SCS.
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