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Correct Answer: Option (C) — A is true but R is false.
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedAssertion (A) is true: The Government of India launched the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP) in 1986 to improve rural sanitation and the quality of life of rural people.
Reason (R) is false: Public health and sanitation is a subject under Entry 6 of the State List (List II), not the Concurrent List.
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