[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 22 March 2022

Solution: d)

Green Revolution was not confined to only HYV seeds and fertilizers, but also encompassed every technique to boost agricultural productivity in the nation. 

Briefly, some of the important components of the green revolution in India are as follows:

1. High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of seeds
2. Irrigation
   (a) surface and
   (b) ground
3. Use of fertilizers (chemical)
4. Use of Insecticides and Pesticides
5. Command Area Development (CAD)
6. Consolidation of holdings
7. Land reforms
8. Supply of agricultural credit
9. Rural electrification
10. Rural Roads and Marketing
11. Farm Mechanisation
12. Agricultural Universities

Solution: b) 

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed its judgement in the Menaka case in the subsequent cases. It has declared the following rights as part of Article 21:

1. Right to live with human dignity.
2. Right to decent environment including pollution free water and air and protection against hazardous industries.
3. Right to livelihood.
4. Right to privacy.
5. Right to shelter.
6. Right to health.
7. Right to free education up to 14 years of age.
8. Right to free legal aid.
9. Right against solitary confinement.
10. Right to speedy trial.
11. Right against handcuffing.
12. Right against inhuman treatment.
13. Right against delayed execution.
14. Right to travel abroad.
15. Right against bonded labour.
16. Right against custodial harassment.
17. Right to emergency medical aid.
18. Right to timely medical treatment in government hospital.
19. Right not to be driven out of a state.
20. Right to fair trial.
21. Right of prisoner to have necessities of life.
22. Right of women to be treated with decency and dignity.
23. Right against public hanging.
24. Right to hearing.
25. Right to information.
26. Right to reputation.
27. Right of appeal from a judgement of conviction
28. Right to social security and protection of the family
29. Right to social and economic justice and empowerment
30. Right against bar fetters
31. Right to appropriate life insurance policy
32. Right to sleep
33. Right to freedom from noise pollution
34. Right to electricity

Solution: a) 

Article 355 imposes two duties on the Centre: (a) to protect every state against external aggression and internal disturbance; and (b) to ensure that the government of every state is carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

It is this duty in the performance of which the Centre takes over the government of a state under Article 356 in case of failure of constitutional machinery in state.

Solution: c)

At any time after the expiration of three years from the date of the grant of a patent, any person interested may make an application to the Controller for grant of compulsory licence on patent on any of the following grounds, namely:—

               (a) that the reasonable requirements of the public with respect to the patented invention have not been satisfied, or

               (b) that the patented invention is not available to the public at a reasonably affordable price, or

               (c) that the patented invention is not worked in the territory of India.

Solution: b)

• Repo Rate: The interest rate at which the Reserve Bank provides overnight liquidity to banks against the collateral of government and other approved securities under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). 
• Reverse Repo Rate: The interest rate at which the Reserve Bank absorbs liquidity, on an overnight basis, from banks against the collateral of eligible government securities under the LAF.

• Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF): The LAF consists of overnight as well as term repo auctions. Progressively, the Reserve Bank has increased the proportion of liquidity injected under fine-tuning variable rate repo auctions of range of tenors. The aim of term repo is to help develop the inter-bank term money market, which in turn can set market based benchmarks for pricing of loans and deposits, and hence improve transmission of monetary policy. The Reserve Bank also conducts variable interest rate reverse repo auctions, as necessitated under the market conditions.