Rurban Cluster

With reference to the Rurban Cluster under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission, consider the given statements:

  1. Rurban Cluster is a cluster of geographically contiguous villages with a population of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and with a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas.
  2. While selecting the Rurban cluster, the State may identify a large village/gram panchayat that are growth centers with resources available in the area that could potentially lead the economic transformation of the region.
  3. The clusters could then be formed by identifying geographically contiguous villages/gram panchayats within a radius of 5–10 km (or radius appropriate to the population density and geography of the region) around the identified growth centre.

Choose the correct statements from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
1 and 3
C
Only 3
D
1, 2 and 3