[MISSION 2023] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS (11 August 2022 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• On the basis of the report of the Bhuria Committee submitted in 1995, the Parliament enacted the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA) to extend Part IX of the Constitutionwith certain modifications and exceptions to the Scheduled V areas.
• At present Scheduled V areas exist in 10 StatesAndhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana.
• The Ministry of Panchayati Rajis the nodal Ministry for implementation of the provisions of PESA in the States.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/pesa-act-1996/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• States, per the Goods and Services (Compensation to States) Act, 2017, are Constitutionally guaranteed to get compensation for the loss on account of the introduction of the GST for five years from the date of implementation — that is, July 2017 to July 2022.
• If the Union Government falls short in the collection of compensation cess, it cannot tap the funds from the Consolidated Fund of India.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-august-2022/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• Finance Commission consists of a chairman and four other members to be appointed by the president. They hold office for such period as specified by the president in his order. They are eligible for reappointment. Hence statement 1 is incorrect
• Constitution authorises the Parliament to determine the qualifications of members of the commission and the manner in which they should be selected. Hence statement 2 is also incorrect.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-august-2022/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• Article 29:
  • It provides that any section of the citizens residing in any part of India having a distinct language, script or culture of its own, shall have the right to conserve the same.
  • It grants protection to both religious minorities as well as linguistic minorities.
  • However, the SC held that the scope of this article is not necessarily restricted to minorities only, as the use of the word ‘section of citizens’ in the Article includes minorities as well as the majority.
• Article 30:
  • S1: All minorities shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
  • S2: The protection under Article 30 is confined only to minorities (religious or linguistic)and does not extend to any section of citizens (as under Article 29).

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-august-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation: India’s status on Democracy:

• Freedom House 2021report put India as only “partly free”
• V-Demreport called India an “electoral autocracy”.
• Global State of Democracy 2021 report:
  • It is released bythe International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International-IDEA).
  • India was amongst the 10 most backsliding democracies—a more severe and deliberate kind of democratic erosion

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-august-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) has four verticals: “In-situ” Slum Redevelopment (ISSR); Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS); Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) and Beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancements (BLC).
• Under the BLC vertical, a beneficiary receives a financial assistance of Rs 2.5 lakh from the government to build his or her house. The PMAY-U guidelines define a beneficiary family as a family comprising of “husband, wife and unmarried [sons and/ or unmarried daughters.]”
• “The beneficiary family should not own a pucca house (an all-weather dwelling unit) either in his/her name or in the name of any member of his/her family in any part of India”.
• Under the scheme guidelines, an adult earning member (irrespective of marital status) can be treated as a separate household. However, to avail the scheme, he or she should not own a pucca house (an all-weather dwelling unit) in his /her name in any part of India.
• Under the PMAY-G, a beneficiary can avail the BLC component for the enhancement of his or her existing house.
• Geotagging is a process of adding geographical identification to various media like photography. Under the PMAY-U guidelines, it is mandatory for the state government to ensure that all houses built under the scheme are geotaggedto the Bhuvan HFA (housing for all) application, which has been developed by the government for the monitoring of the scheme.
• Bhuvan is an Indian Geo Platform developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It is a web-based application which allows users to access various map related services.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-august-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The 97th constitutional amendment act gave a constitutional status and protection to cooperative societies and made the following changes in the constitution: • It made the right to form co-operative societies a fundamental right (Article 19). • It included a new Directive Principle of State Policy on promotion of co-operative societies (Article 43-B). • It added a new Part IX-B in the Constitution which is entitled “The Co-operative Societies”

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-august-2022/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• Five protected areas currently exist to protect the Asiatic lion: Gir Sanctuary, Gir National Park, Pania Sanctuary, Mitiyala Sanctuary, and Girnar Sanctuary.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2022/08/11/mission-2023-insights-daily-current-affairs-pib-summary-11-august-2022/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• S1: During the early 1900s, Gandhi was instrumental in getting the indentured labour system abolished in the British Empire. See https://www.mkgandhi.org/articles/mauritius&mg.htm
• S2:He supported it. Pasting this section from B.R. Nanda’s book:
• See https://tinyurl.com/yxroyhnd
• S3:This is quite well known

Refer: UPSC CSE 2019

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The dew formation is more when the sky is clear and less when it is cloudy. When the sky is clear and the trees and plants are cooler at nights, there is more evaporation of water and hence more dew formation. But when it is cloudy, trees and plants do not get cool in the night and hence there is less dew formation. As the sun raises high in the sky, these dew drops evaporate into air.

Refer: UPSC CSE 2019