INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 24 August 2020) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Stat1: Currently, the law prescribes that the minimum age of marriage is 21 and 18 years for men and women, The minimum age of marriage is distinct from the age of majority, which is gender-neutral. An individual attains the age of majority at 18 as per the Indian Majority Act, 1875.
• Stat2: The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/24/minimum-age-of-marriage-for-women/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• What is the National Digital Health Mission?
• It is a digital health ecosystem under which every Indian citizen will now have unique health IDs, digitised health records with identifiers for doctors and health facilities.
• The Mission is expected to bring efficiency and transparency in healthcare services in the country.
• The new scheme will come under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
• Key features:
  • It comprises six key building blocks — HealthID, DigiDoctor, Health Facility Registry, Personal Health Records, e-Pharmacy and Telemedicine.
  • The National Health Authority has been given the mandate to design, build, roll-out and implement the mission in the country.
  • The core building blocks of the mission is that the health ID, DigiDoctor and Health Facility Registry shall be owned, operated and maintained by the Government of India.
  • Private stakeholders will have an equal opportunity to integrate and create their own products for the market. The core activities and verifications, however, remain with the government.
  • Under the Mission, every Indian will get a Health ID card that will store all medical details of the person including prescriptions, treatment, diagnostic reports and discharge summaries.
  • The citizens will be able to give their doctors and health providers one-time access to this data during visits to the hospital for consultation.
• National Health Profile
  • An updated and credible National Health Data is essential for effective planning, decision-making, monitoring and evaluation of various Health Programmes & Health Sector Development activities.
  • To achieve this objective, the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), annually brings out a Publication “National Health Profile (NHP), which covers all the major information on Demography, Socio-Economic Status, Disease Morbidity & Mortality, Healthcare Finance, Human Resources in Health and Healthcare Infrastructure. NHP is an initiative which is at par with international standards of data publications.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/24/what-is-the-national-digital-health-mission/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Statement 1 and 3: Teesta River originates from the Pahunri glacier. Brahmaputra originates in Angsi glacier. Teesta is a tributary of Brahmaputra. So, 1 is correct.
• But, Teesta flows through West Bengal and Sikkim, before going to Bay of Bengal through Bangladesh. Statement 3 is incorrect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teesta_River

http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Brahmaputra

• Statement 2:  Rangeet is a tributary of the Teesta river, which is the largest river in Sikkim. It also originates in Sikkim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangeet_River

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/24/teesta-river-dispute/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Stat3: The Section 10 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 provides for coverage of persons under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana in accordance with the guidelines applicable to the said scheme and the remaining households as priority households in accordance with such guidelines as the States Government may specify.
  • Disability is one of the criteria for inclusion of beneficiaries under AAY households
• Stat2: Women Empowerment: For the purpose of issuing of ration cards, eldest woman of the household of age 18 years or above is to be the head of the household.
• Stat1: Coverage and entitlement under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS): The TDPS covers 50% of the urban population and 75% of the rural population, with uniform entitlement of 5 kg per person per month. However, the poorest of the poor households will continue to receive 35 kg per household per month under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/24/national-food-security-act-2013/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Stat1 and 2: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the national Standards Body of India working under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.
  • A new Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) Act 2016 which was notified on 22 March 2016, has been brought into force with effect from 12 October 2017. The Act establishes the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as the National Standards Body of India.
• Stat3: BIS is a founder member of International Organisation for Standardization (ISO). It represents India in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the World Standards Service Network (WSSN).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/24/bis-draft-standard-for-drinking-water-supply/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Yaoshang: Manipur
• Gochi Festival: Himachal Pradesh
• Nuakhai Juhar:
  • Nuakhai Juhar is the agricultural festival is also called Nuakhai Parab or Nuakahi Bhetghat.
  • Nuakhai is a combination of two words signifies eating of new rice as ‘nua’ means new and ‘khai’ means eat.
  • It is one of the most ancient festivals celebrated in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and areas of neighbouring states to welcome the new crop of the season.
  • On this day, people worship food grain and prepare special meals. Farmers offer the first produce from their lands to Goddess Samaleswari, the famous ‘Mother Goddess’ of Sambalpur district of Odisha.

Refer: facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/24/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-august-2020/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: here the directive word is not correct!!

• National Council for transgenders:
  • The Centre has constituted the national council for transgender persons.
  • Composition: Headed by the Union social justice minister and comprising representatives from 10 central departments, five states and members of the community.
  • The council is India’s first and formed under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
  • The council has five main functions — advising the central government on the formulation of policies, programmes, legislation and projects with respect to transgender persons; monitoring and evaluating the impact of policies and programmes designed for achieving equality and full participation of transgender persons; reviewing and coordinating the activities of all the departments; redressing grievances of transgender persons; and performing such other functions as prescribed by the Centre.

Refer: facts for Prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2020/08/24/insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-24-august-2020/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The Consumer Welfare Fund Rules were framed and notified in the Gazette of India in 1992, which have been incorporated in Consumer Welfare Fund Rule 97 of the CGST Rules, 2017.
• Consumer Welfare Fund has been setup under section 57 of the CGST Act, 2017.
• Earlier, the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 was amended in 1991 to enable the Central Government to create a Consumer Welfare Fund (CWF) where the money which is not refundable to the manufacturers, etc. is being credited.
• Also refer: National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA)

Refer: https://consumeraffairs.nic.in/organisation-and-units/division/consumer-welfare-fund/overview

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• NITI Aayog released its vision for the National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP).
• The platform aims to democratize access to publicly available government data. It will host the latest datasets from various government websites, present them coherently, and provide tools for analytics and visualization. NDAP will follow a user-centric approach and will enable data access in a simple and intuitive portal tailored to the needs of a variety of stakeholders.
• NDAP will spearhead the standardization of formats in which data is presented across sectors and will cater to a wide audience of policymakers, researchers, innovators, data scientists, journalists and citizens.

Refer: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1600370

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Forest Advisory Committee, an apex body tasked with adjudicating requests by the industry to raze forest land for commercial ends, has approved a scheme that could allow “forests” to be traded as a commodity. If implemented, it allows the Forest Department to outsource one of its responsibilities of reforesting to non-government agencies.
  • FSC is a statutory body which was constituted by the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980. It considers questions on the diversion of forest land for non-forest uses.
• India State of Forest Report (ISFR) is a biennial publication of Forest Survey of India (FSI).

Refer: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forest-committee-approves-scheme-to-trade-in-forests/article30527065.ece