[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 20 May 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: a)

After the Bhuria Committee recommendations in 1995, Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act 1996 came into existence for ensuring tribal self-rule for people living in scheduled areas of India.

The PESA Act conferred the absolute powers to Gram Sabha, whereas state legislature has given an advisory role to ensure the proper functioning of Panchayats and Gram Sabhas. The power delegated to Gram Sabha’s cannot be curtailed by a higher level, and there shall be independence throughout.

Solution: d)

Important reports and Programmes of FAO (Have a brief overview):

1. Global Report on Food Crises.
2. Every two years, FAO publishes the State of the World’s Forests.
3. FAO and the World Health Organization created the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1961 to develop food standards, guidelines and texts.
4. In 1996, FAO organized the World Food Summit. The Summit concluded with the signing of the Rome Declaration, which established the goal of halving the number of people who suffer from hunger by the year 2015.
5. In 2004 the Right to Food Guidelines were adopted, offering guidance to states on how to implement their obligations on the right to food.
6. FAO created the International Plant Protection Convention or IPPC in 1952.
7. FAO is depositary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, also called Plant Treaty, Seed Treaty or ITPGRFA, entered into force on 29 June 2004.

8. The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Partnership Initiative was conceptualized in 2002 during World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Solution: a)

In addition to the borrowings by PSUs, the actual liabilities of the government would include loans taken for the recapitalisation of banks.

Capital expenditure creates assets for the government and causes reduction in liabilities for the government.

Solution: c)

The Indian wild ass population has risen by 37%, reveals data released by the Gujarat forest department. The population has reached 6,082, according to the census conducted in March 2020.

Gujarat, the world’s only abode of Asiatic lions, is also the sole home of Indian wild asses.

Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is one of the last places on earth where the Indian Wild Ass can be spotted.

Solution: c)

Dengue is transmitted by several species of mosquitoes within the genus Aedes. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle, and joint pain, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles. There are four types of dengue strains, and type II and IV are considered to be more severe and normally require hospitalisation. According to experts, the aedes mosquito breeds in clean stagnant water.

These mosquitoes are also vectors of chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika viruses.

Dengue and chikungunya are caused by the bite of Aedes agypti mosquito, which breeds in clear water. The Anopheles mosquito, which causes malaria, can breed in both fresh and muddy water.