Q.31) Answer (b)
The has approved setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) renamed as Poshan Abhiyan with a three year budget of Rs.9046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18.
Q.32) Answer (d)
National Nutrition Mission would strive to achieve reduction in Stunting from 38.4% (NFHS-4) to 25% by 2022 (Mission 25 by 2022).
Q.33) Answer (d)
Q.34) Answer (c)
The Inland Waterways Authority of India proposes to develop a“freight village” in Varanasi. The objective of the project is to support economic development in the hinterland of the multimodal terminal at Varanasi and reduce logistics cost in the Eastern Transport Corridor and its influence zone.
Q.35) Answer (a)
Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) to enable effective water management in Indian states was developed by NITI Aayog. The Index will measure both the overall progress made by states in water management and the incremental improvement in performance across time. It comprises nine themes with 28 different indicators covering groundwater and surface water restoration, major and medium irrigation, watershed development, participatory irrigation management, on-farm water use, rural and urban water supply, and policy and governance.
Q.36) Answer (b)
Khan-Prahari Mobile Applications is a tool for reporting any illegal coal mining incident through geotagged photographs as well as textual information by any individual.
It is developed by the Ministry of Coal, has developed a Coal Mining Surveillance & Management System software in coordination with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Application and Geoinformatics (BISAG), Gandhinagar and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), to use space technology for curbing illegal coal mining activity in the coalfield areas of country.
Q.37) Answer (a)
Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) enables farmers to generate electricity for captive consumption and sell the surplus power to the grid and earn extra income. Through the scheme, the Gujarat government is expected to get 175 MW of power per year. The farmers will utilize the electricity generated by this scheme for their farms and the surplus power can be sold to the companies, whose profits will be kept by the farmers.
Q.38) Answer (c)
STATEMENT 1 is correct as The Van Dhan Scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. The scheme will be implemented through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Nodal Department at the Central Level and TRIFED as Nodal Agency at the National Level. At State level, the State Nodal Agency for MFPs and the District collectors are envisaged to play a pivotal role in scheme implementation at the grassroots level. Locally the Kendras are proposed to be managed by a Managing Committee (an SHG) consisting of representatives of Van Dhan SHGs in the cluster.
STATEMENT 2 is correct as Van Dhan Scheme seeks to improve tribal incomes through value addition of tribal products.
Q.39) Answer (c)
E-GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT INDEX
The E-Government Development Index presents the state of EGovernment Development of the United Nations Member States.
Along with an assessment of the website development patterns in a country, the EGovernment Development index incorporates the access characteristics, such as the infrastructure and educational levels, to reflect how a country is using information technologies to promote access and inclusion of its people.
The EGDI is a composite measure of three important dimensions of e-government, namely: provision of online services, telecommunication connectivity and human capacity. The EGDI is not designed to capture e-government development in an absolute sense; rather, it aims to give a performance rating of national governments relative to one another.
Q.40) Answer (b)
Its objective is to attract foreign students to India. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
The study in India is a unique initiative of the Government of India will help facilitate the student fraternity from all across the globe to come and experience the best of academic learning from the top institutions in India which would help accommodate the growing quality educational needs of students across the world. It is incorrect.
Under the umbrella of Study in India, about 150 select educational institutes from public, private and deemed universities are offering an array of options including courses ranging from engineering, management, commerce, photonics to yoga, Ayurveda, athletics and languages.
The initiative is helmed by EdCIL (Educational Consultants of India), a Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. It is correct.