QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 04 May 2019

            Solution: c)

Britain has pledged £4 million to support the Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF). The funding will also be used to run workshops on modern slavery in South Africa, improve support for survivors in India, and develop an online data hub to boost anti-slavery policies.

It aims to tackle the root causes of modern slavery, strengthening efforts to combat slavery and reduce vulnerability, and build an evidence base to better understand what works in the future.

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Solution: d)

Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner. In addition, the beneficiaries would get RuPay Debit card having inbuilt accident insurance cover of र 1 lakh. The scheme provides life cover of Rs. 30,000/- payable on death of the beneficiary, subject to fulfillment of the eligibility condition.

The plan also envisages channeling all Government benefits (from Centre / State / Local Body) to the beneficiaries accounts and pushing the Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme of the Union Government.

Overdraft facility upto Rs.5000/- is available in only one account per household, preferably lady of the household.

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Solution: b)

The Indian Council of Medical Research has launched the ‘Malaria Elimination Research Alliance (MERA) India’ – a conglomeration of partners working on malaria control – in order to prioritise, plan and scale up research to eliminate the disease from India by 2030.

Over the past two decades, India has made impressive progress in malaria control. The malaria burden has declined by over 80 per cent, 2.03 million cases in 2000 to 0.39 million in 2018, and malaria deaths by over 90 per cent, 932 deaths in 2000 to 85 in 2018.

This success has provided a strong foundation for the commitment from the leadership of the government of India to eliminate malaria from India by 2030.

National Vector Borne Diseases Control Program (NVBDCP) of India has developed a comprehensive framework to achieve the overarching vision of “Malaria free India by 2030“.

NVBDCP’s National Strategic Plan clearly recognises the critical role of research to support and guide malaria elimination efforts.

Solution: c)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has recently released Global Food Policy Report-2019.

The report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018, and considers challenges and opportunities for 2019.

This year’s Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address a growing crisis in rural areas.

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Solution: c)

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14) was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

COP 14 Ministerial High-Level Segment (HLS)

• Theme: “Mainstreaming of biodiversity in the energy and mining; processing industry; infrastructure and health sectors”
• Declaration: “Sharm El Sheikh Declaration”.

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