Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials. ) 16 July 2021 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: d)

Constitutional framework for disabled population:

• Article 15(1): It enjoins on the Government not to discriminate against any citizen of India (Including disabled) on the ground of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
• Article 17: No person including the disabled irrespective of his belonging can be treated as an untouchable. It would be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
• Article 21: Every person including the disabled has his life and liberty guaranteed.
• Article 23: There can be no traffic in human beings (including the disabled), and beggar and other forms of forced labor is prohibited and the same is made punishable in accordance with law.
• Article 29(2): The right to education is available to all citizens including the disabled. No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds.
• Article 32: Every disabled person can move the Supreme Court of India to enforce his fundamental rights and the rights to move the Supreme Court.

Solution: b)

Accessible India Campaign or Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan is a program which serves the differently-able community of the country.

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) launched Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) as a nation-wide Campaign for achieving universal accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).

The program comes with an index to measure the design of disabled-friendly buildings and human resource policies.

Government e-Marketplace (GeM) facilitates online procurement of common use Goods & Services required by various Government Departments / Organizations / PSUs.

Solution: c)

Salient features of FAME 2 scheme:

1. Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, or FAME 2 scheme aims to boost electric mobility and increase the number of electric vehicles in commercial fleets.
2. Target: The outlay of ₹10,000 crore has been made for three years till 2022 for FAME 2 scheme.
3. The government will offer the incentives for electric buses, three-wheelers and four-wheelers to be used for commercial purposes.
4. Plug-in hybrid vehicles and those with a sizeable lithium-ion battery and electric motor will also be included in the scheme and fiscal support offered depending on the size of the battery

Solution: b)

The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is a permanent organ of the SCO which serves to promote cooperation of member states against the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

It was established at the 2004 SCO summit, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Head of RATS is elected to a three-year term. Each member state also sends a permanent representative to RATS.

Solution: c)

Sowa-Rigpa” is one of the oldest, living and well documented medical tradition popular in the world. The term ‘Sowa-Rigpa’ is derived from Bhoti language which means ‘Knowledge of Healing’. It is an ancient Indian medical system which was enriched in the entire Trans-Himalayan region.

It can be perceived to be more close or having similarity with Ayurvedic philosophy/ principles of India since many of texts of Sowa-Rigpa are taken from one of the most famous treatise of Ayurveda i.e. “Ashtanga Hridya” in one or other form.