[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials. ) 2 October 2021 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: a)

The NCW Act requires that the head of the Commission should be a women’s rights activist.

NCW receives funds from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, while to be fully independent it should perhaps be allocated funds under the Consolidated Fund of India like NHRC.

A government proposal in 2014-2015 was to give the NCW powers on par with civil courts so that it could issue warrants and conduct judicial proceedings and was submitted to the PMO.

Solution: a)

As per the official website of the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, the programme will help law enforcement agencies in identifying, reporting and in the removal of illegal/unlawful online content. The programme, which will be launched all over the country, is going to have its test run in Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura.

This form of surveillance, which enables citizens to “watch over” one another is called lateral surveillance.

This is not the first time state-sponsored lateral surveillance has been implemented in India. For example, the C-Plan App in Uttar Pradesh launched for keeping a tab on anti-social elements, is designed to receive inputs from certain identified individuals in villages across the State.

Solution: c)

Head on Generation (HOG)—is being adopted by the Indian Railways, power supply is tapped from overhead power lines and distributed to train coaches.

What is Head on Generation (HOG) technology?

• The system runs the train’s ‘hotel load’ (the load of air conditioning, lights, fans, and pantry, etc.) by drawing electricity from the overhead electric lines through the pantograph.

Solution: b)

Electoral bonds allow donors to anonymously donate unlimited amounts of funds to political parties.

Under the scheme, an electoral bond, issued in the nature of a promissory note, can be bought by any Indian citizen or company incorporated in India. The scheme allows parties to receive these bonds without the public, the Election Commission or even the Income Tax Department knowing the identity of the donors.

In 2016 and 2017, amendments were made to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010. In conjunction with these amendments, which enabled Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies to make donations to political parties.

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Solution: c)

In Tibet the river carries a smaller volume of water and less silt as it is a cold and a dry area. In India it passes through a region of high rainfall. Here the river carries a large volume of water and considerable amount of silt.

Every year during the rainy season, the river overflows its banks, causing widespread devastation due to floods in Assam and Bangladesh. Unlike other north Indian rivers the Brahmaputra is marked by huge deposits of silt on its bed causing the river bed to rise. The river also shifts its channel frequently.