Question

Match the following types of plans in Group-I with their corresponding scope in Group-II, in accordance with the URDPFI Guidelines, 2015.

Group I		Group II
P	Perspective Plan	1	To identify resources for development and plan for settlements, prepared and regulated by District Planning Committee
Q	Regional Plan	2	To detail sub-city land use plan and integrate with urban infrastructure
R	Development Plan	3	To develop vision and provide policy framework for urban and regional development
S	Local Area Plan	4	To prepare special area plan for towns with special development needs
		5	To prepare plan for urban areas and peri-urban areas under the control of Metropolitan Planning Committee

• A. P - 1, Q - 3, R - 4, S - 2
• B. P - 3, Q - 1, R - 5, S - 2
• C. P - 3, Q - 1, R - 2, S - 4
• D. P - 2, Q - 4, R - 5, S - 3

Hint:

URDPFI hierarchy, broad to fine: Perspective Plan (vision/policy) to Regional Plan (DPC, resource ID for settlements) to Development Plan (MPC, urban + peri-urban) to Local Area Plan (sub-city detail + infra).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
The URDPFI Guidelines, 2015 set up a hierarchy of plans that move from a broad, long-term vision down to a fine-grained, site-level plan. Getting this question right means knowing which level each plan sits at and which authority prepares it.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach:
Rank the four plans from broadest to most detailed (Perspective, then Regional, then Development, then Local Area) and match each level's known scope and preparing authority to the Group-II statement that fits it.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
Perspective Plan (P) sits at the top of the hierarchy. It is a long-term (20 to 25 year) vision document that lays out policy direction for a state or region, without going into site-level detail; this matches description 3, "develop vision and provide policy framework for urban and regional development".
Regional Plan (Q) works at the district or region scale below the Perspective Plan. Under the URDPFI framework, this level of resource identification and settlement planning is carried out under the District Planning Committee (DPC), the body set up under the 74th Constitutional Amendment to plan for a district as a whole; this matches description 1.
Development Plan (R), also called the Master Plan, is prepared for a city or, in bigger metropolitan regions, for the full urban and peri-urban extent; where a Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC, formed under Article 243ZE) exists, the Development Plan for that metropolitan area is prepared under its control; this matches description 5.
Local Area Plan (S) is the most detailed level, working out land use block by block within a part of the city (a zone or ward) and tying that detail into the infrastructure network (roads, water, sewerage); this matches description 2, "detail sub-city land use plan and integrate with urban infrastructure".
This gives P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-2, option (B). Description 4, "special area plan for towns with special development needs", is a distractor describing a separate, fifth category of plan (Special Area Plan) that is not one of P, Q, R, or S here, so it is deliberately left unused. Option (A) wrongly sends the Perspective Plan to description 1. Option (C) wrongly sends the Development Plan to description 2 and Local Area Plan to 4. Option (D) mismatches every single pair.

Step 4: Final Answer:
The correct match is P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-2, option (B).