[MISSION 2022] INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 7 December 2021 ) REVISION THROUGH MCQS – INSIGHTSIAS

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• It prohibits a person from producing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transporting, storing, and/or consuming any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.
• The NDPS Act has since been amended thrice – in 1988, 2001 and 2014.
• The Act extends to the whole of India and it applies also to all Indian citizens outside India and to all persons on ships and aircraft registered in India.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/07/ndps-bill-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• It isa 7,200-km-long multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight.
• Regions involved:India, Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe.
• This corridor connects India Ocean and Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via Iran, Islamic Rep., and is then connected to Saint Petersburg and North European via Russia.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/07/india-russia-annual-summit/

Ans: (d)

Explanation:

• The CAF Act 2016, which came into being more than a decade since it was devised, established an independent authority — the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority — to execute the fund.
• The State Funds will receive 90% of the payments while National Fund will receive remaining 10%. These funds will be regulated by State and National CAMPA.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/07/campa-funds/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• S1: In simple terms, AFSPA gives armed forces the power to maintain public order in “disturbed areas”.
• S2: A disturbed area is one which is declared by notification under Section 3 of the AFSPA. An area can be disturbed due to differences or disputes between members of different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities.
  • The Central Government, or the Governor of the State or administrator of the Union Territory can declare the whole or part of the State or Union Territory as a disturbed area.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/07/armed-forces-special-powers-act-afspa-3/

Ans: (b)

Explanation:

• BIS is an international financial organisation owned by 62 member central banks, representing countries from around the world including India.
• It fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks.
• It carries out its work through its meetings, programmes and through the Basel Process – hosting international groups pursuing global financial stability and facilitating their interaction.
• Its headquarter is in Basel, Switzerland.
• The BIS was established in 1930 by an intergovernmental agreement between Germany, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, the United States, and Switzerland.

Refer: facts for prelims: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/12/07/mission-2022-insights-daily-currentffairs-pib-summary-07-december-2021/

Ans: (a)

Explanation:

• The Ministry of Minority Affairsis implementing the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK), in the identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the country.
• The erstwhile Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP)has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram for effective implementation since 2018.
• It seeks to provide better socio-economic infrastructure facilities to the minority communities.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/pradhan-mantri-jan-vikas-karyakaram-pmjvk/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• S1 and S3: India on February 1, 2018 joined the Ashgabat agreement, which was instituted in April 2011 to establish an international multimodal transport and transit corridor between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.
• The Agreement was first signed by Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Oman and Qatar on 25 April 2011. While Qatar subsequently withdrew from the agreement in 2013, Kazakhstan and Pakistan joined the grouping in 2016. The Ashgabat Agreement came into force in April 2016.
• S2: Its objective is to enhance connectivity within the Eurasian region and synchronize it with other regional transport corridors, including the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC).

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/why-india-cant-bank-on-the-international-north-south-transport-corridor/

Ans: (c)

Explanation:

• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is the implementation wing of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA).
• It is a registered society originally formed by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
• As per the 306th amendment in the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, both NGRBA and NMCG were allocated to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR), now Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Refer: https://www.insightsonindia.com/2021/07/27/clean-ganga-funds/