QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 27 September 2017

Solution: d.
The Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) Portal was recently launched at the National Conference on Child Labour organised by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. PENCIL is an electronic platform that aims at involving Centre, State, District, Governments, civil society and the general public in achieving the target of child labour free society. Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the enforcement of legal framework against child labour was also launched.

Expressing happiness over the release of PENCIL portal, Shri Kailash Satyarthi said that today is a historic day for India. “India is telling the world that it will give PENCIL in the hands of children and not tools to work”, he added. He emphasised that the top leadership should be involved in these campaigns. He said that PENCIL and SOPs are important not only for India but also for the world in showing a new direction to them. He said this proves that fact that technology can be converted into instruments of social upliftment and power.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171124;
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Solution: b.
Global RE-Invest 2017 is being organised in partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA). It will deliberate upon and evolve strategies for financing renewable energy and also showcase the Government of India’s commitment to the development and scaling up of renewable energy to meet the national energy requirement in a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable manner.

Global Renewable Energy Investors’ Meet & Expo is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in partnership with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI), with YES Bank as the knowledge partner.

Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.adspx?relid=171122;
https://re-invest.in/about-re-investment/the-events/;
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Solution: c.
The Seven-point Strategy includes:
• Increasing production (by improving irrigation efficiency)
• Effective use of input cost (through initiatives such as the Soil Health Card Scheme and Neem-coated Urea)
• Reduction of post-harvest losses (by providing loans against negotiable warehouse receipts with interest subvention benefits, building storage facilities and integrated cold chains in rural areas)
• Value addition (through food processing)
• Reforms in agriculture marketing (through initiatives such as e-NAM, circulating a model APMC act)
• Risk, Security and Assistance (PM Fasal Bima Yojana)
• Promotion of Allied Activities (such as horticulture, integrated farming, white and blue revolution, agro-forestry, Beekeeping and rural backyard poultry development)

Seven-point Strategy: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170628;
Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171123;
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Solution: b.
“We missed the opportunity to participate when the standards were being set for 3G and 4G, and don’t want to miss the 5G opportunity. Now, when the standards are being set for 5G across the world, India will also participate in the process,” Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha told reporters.

The Government has constituted High Level 5G India 2020 Forum with three Secretaries of key Ministries/Departments namely Telecom, Meity and DST, and also comprising of renowned experts.

As per the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Committee on Digital Economic Policy, 5G technologies rollout will help in
a) Increasing GDP
b) Creating Employment
c) Digitizing the economy.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171113;
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/govt-eyes-5g-roll-out-by-2020/article19756589.ece?homepage=true;
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Solution: c.
• With reference to the KRG-administered territory: It borders Syria to the west, Iran to the east, and Turkey to the north, lying where fertile plains meet the Zagros mountains.
• Iraq’s Constitution recognises the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Kurdistan Parliament as the region’s formal institutions and the Peshmerga forces as the Region’s legitimate security guard.

http://cabinet.gov.krd/p/page.aspx?l=12&s=050000&r=300&p=210;
Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/iraqs-kurds-to-vote-in-historic-referendum-on-independence/article19741199.ece;
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/kurds-signal-desire-for-independence/article19758060.ece;
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