Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Government has launched the 'National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)' for period of 2020-30.
Reason (R): The objective of NIP is to provide equitable access to infrastructure for all.


Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes:

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true but (R) is false

D) (A) is false but (R) is true

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 2020 (GS Paper I)