Q. Consider the following statements regarding “Independent Evaluation Office”:
1.It has been created by the Government of India in February 2008.
2.It is modelled on the lines of France’s National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Explanation: An Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) has been created by the GoI in February 2014, at an arm’s distance from the government with the objective of strengthening public accountability of some of the important social sector programmes, which account huge resource mobilization such as the flagship programmes.
Conceived on the lines of Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the IMF, the body has been created based on international experiences, in cooperation with the World Bank and the British DFID (Department for International Development)— It is modelled on the lines of Mexico’s National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy.
Source: Ramesh Singh
