[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 5 March 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: d)

The Government organised a Science Week, ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’, as a prelude to National Science Day on February 28 that commemorates Sir C.V. Raman’s discovery on light scattering. 

As per Fundamental Duties, Article 51A in the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution in 1976 says “It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to develop the scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and reform.”

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Solution: a)

Every Census in independent India from 1951 to 2011 has published data on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, but not on other castes. 

Our Constitution too favours conducting a caste census. Article 340 mandates the appointment of a commission to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes and make recommendations as to the steps that should be taken by governments.

The Justice Rohini committee was appointed in 2017 to look into the sub-categorisation of the OBC communities.

Solution: c)

A Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of income inequality or wealth inequality developed by American economist Max Lorenz in 1905.

Solution: b)

The G7, originally G8, was set up in 1975 as an informal forum bringing together the leaders of the world’s leading industrial nations.

How did G7 become G8?

• Russia was formally inducted as a member in the group in 1998, which led G7 to become G8.
• However, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s condemnable act of moving Russian troops into eastern Ukraine and conquering Crimea in 2014 drew heavy criticism from the other G8 nations.
• The other nations of the group decided to suspend Russia from the G8 as a consequence of its actions and the group became G7 again in 2014.

How the G-7 summit works?

The G-7 nations meet at annual summits that are presided over by leaders of member countries on a rotational basis.

G7 is capable of setting the global agenda because decisions taken by these major economic powers have a real impact. Thus, decisions taken at the G7 are not legally binding, but exert strong political influence.

Solution: b)

What does the NPCI offer?

• IMPS: Immediate Payment Service (IMPS).
• AePS: Aadhaar-enabled Payment Service (AePS).
• CTS: Cheque Truncation System (CTS)facilitates extended cut-off time to accept customer cheques by banks and reduces timelines for clearing.
• NACH: National Automated Clearing House (NACH) is a web-based solution that facilitates interbank, high volume electronic transactions that are repetitive in nature.
• UPI: Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a system that makes multiple bank accounts to be accessed from a single mobile application.
• Bharat BillPay:  is a system conceptualised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and driven by NPCI.
• NETC: National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) is a nation-wide programme designed to meet the electronic tolling requirements in India.
• BHIM:  Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) was launched to make payments simpler and easier. Instant bank-to-bank payments can be made using a mobile number or virtual payment address (UPI ID).
• BharatQR: Basically, a QR code is a series of black squares arranged in a square grid that can be read by a camera.