[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 01 October 2021) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (a)

Explanation: What is the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ in the Indian context?

• The Right to be Forgotten falls under the purview of an individual’s right to privacy, which is governed by the Personal Data Protection Bill that is yet to be passed by Parliament.
• In 2017, the Right to Privacy was declared a fundamental right (under Article 21) by the Supreme Court in its landmark verdict (Puttuswamy case).
• The court said at the time that “the right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution”.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/01/right-to-be-forgotten-2/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS):

• The scheme was launched as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package announced in May 2020 to mitigate the distress caused by coronavirus-induced lockdown, by providing credit to different sectors, especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
• 100% guarantee coverage is being provided by the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company, whereas Banks and Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) provide loans.
• The credit will be provided in the form of a Guaranteed Emergency Credit Line (GECL) facility.
• No Guarantee Fee shall be charged by NCGTC from the Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) under the Scheme.
• Interest rates under the Scheme shall be capped at 9.25% for banks and FIs, and at 14% for NBFCs.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/01/emergency-credit-line-guarantee-scheme-eclgs-3/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The existing Mid-Day Meal scheme, which provides hot meals to students, has been renamed as the National Scheme for PM Poshan Shakti Nirman.
• About the Mid-Day meal scheme:
  • The scheme guarantees one meal to all children in government and aided schools and madarsas supported under Samagra Shiksha.
  • Students up to Class VIII are guaranteed one nutritional cooked meal at least 200 days in a year.
  • The Scheme comes under the Ministry of HRD.
  • It was launched in 1995 as the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP – NSPE), a centrally sponsored scheme. In 2004, the scheme was relaunched as the Mid Day Meal Scheme.
• The Scheme is also covered by the National Food Security Act, 2013.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/01/pm-poshan-shakti-nirman-scheme/

Ans: (d)

Explanation: About Meningitis:

• Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
• It is predominantly caused by bacterial and viral infection.
• Meningitis caused by bacterial infection causes around 250,000 deaths a year and can lead to fast-spreading epidemics.
• It kills a tenth of those infected — mostly children and young people — and leaves a fifth with long-lasting disability.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/01/global-roadmap-to-defeat-meningitis-by-2030/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• It has been set up by the Government of India to facilitate medium and long-term exports, which are commercially viable, considering the limitations of the ECGC Limited in providing adequate cover on its own and non-availability of reinsurance cover to such exporters.
• NEIA aims to ensure the availability of credit risk cover for projects and other high-value exports, which are desirable from the point of view of national interest, but which ECGC is unable to underwrite at terms which will not affect the competitiveness of the exports.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/01/national-export-insurance-account-neia-scheme/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The four West African countries- Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal- have signed a joint declaration to advance transboundary cooperation in the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB).
• They have agreed to establish a legal and institutional framework for cooperation on SMAB.
• This would be the first such mechanism in West Africa and pave the way for strengthened collaboration on shared groundwater resources worldwide.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/01/unece-water-convention-and-senegalo-mauritanian-aquifer-basin/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) was adopted in Helsinki in 1992 and entered into force in 1996.
• The Convention is a unique legally binding instrument promoting the sustainable management of shared water resources, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the prevention of conflicts, and the promotion of peace and regional integration.
• The Water Convention requires Parties to prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact, use transboundary waters in a reasonable and equitable way and ensure their sustainable management. Parties bordering the same transboundary waters have to cooperate by entering into specific agreements and establishing joint bodies. As a framework agreement, the Convention does not replace bilateral and multilateral agreements for specific basins or aquifers; instead, it fosters their establishment and implementation, as well as further development.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/10/01/unece-water-convention-and-senegalo-mauritanian-aquifer-basin/