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Consider the following statements regarding ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act (MGNREGA)
Choose the correct statements
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| It aims to enhance livelihood and security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work | If work is not provided within 15 days of applying, applicants are entitled to an unemployment allowance. That is, if the government fails to provide employment, it has to provide certain unemployment allowances to those people. Thus, employment under MGNREGA is a legal entitlement |
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/3358-crore-mgnrega-wage-payments-pending-government-tells-rajya-sabha/article38366264.ece
Solution(b)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Correct |
| It aims to enhance livelihood and security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work | If work is not provided within 15 days of applying, applicants are entitled to an unemployment allowance. That is, if the government fails to provide employment, it has to provide certain unemployment allowances to those people. Thus, employment under MGNREGA is a legal entitlement |
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/3358-crore-mgnrega-wage-payments-pending-government-tells-rajya-sabha/article38366264.ece
Consider the following statements regarding ‘Export-Import Bank of India’
Choose the correct statements
Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Exim Bank extends Lines of Credit (LOCs) to overseas financial institutions, regional development banks, sovereign governments and other entities overseas, to enable buyers in those countries to import developmental and infrastructure projects, equipment, goods and services from India, on deferred credit terms | Exim Bank was established by the Government of India, under the Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981 as a purveyor of export credit, mirroring global Export Credit Agencies |
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/exim-bank-sri-lanka-sign-500-million-loan-agreement/article38367026.ece
Solution(a)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Correct | Incorrect |
| Exim Bank extends Lines of Credit (LOCs) to overseas financial institutions, regional development banks, sovereign governments and other entities overseas, to enable buyers in those countries to import developmental and infrastructure projects, equipment, goods and services from India, on deferred credit terms | Exim Bank was established by the Government of India, under the Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981 as a purveyor of export credit, mirroring global Export Credit Agencies |
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/exim-bank-sri-lanka-sign-500-million-loan-agreement/article38367026.ece
Sultanpur National Park which was seen in news recently is located in
Solution(c)
Sultanpur National Park (Ramsar site) is located at Sultanpur village on Gurugram-Jhajjar highway, 15 km from Gurugram, Haryana and 50 km from Delhi in India.The wetland harbours a rich plant and animal life: it supports more than 220 species of resident, winter migratory and local migratory waterbirds at critical stages of their life cycles.
Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1794784
Solution(c)
Sultanpur National Park (Ramsar site) is located at Sultanpur village on Gurugram-Jhajjar highway, 15 km from Gurugram, Haryana and 50 km from Delhi in India.The wetland harbours a rich plant and animal life: it supports more than 220 species of resident, winter migratory and local migratory waterbirds at critical stages of their life cycles.
Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1794784
Which of the following statement(s) regarding ‘Controller General of Accounts (CGA)’ is/are CORRECT
Select the appropriate code
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Correct |
| CGA formulates policies relating to general principles, form and procedure of accounting for the Central and State Governments | Under Article 150 of the Constitution, the Annual Appropriation Accounts (Civil) and Union Finance Accounts are submitted to Parliament on the advice of Comptroller and Auditor General of India | The Controller General of Accounts (CGA), in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, is the Principal Accounting Adviser to Government of India |
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/creating-jobs-by-increasing-capex/article38367086.ece
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 | Statement 3 |
| Correct | Correct | Correct |
| CGA formulates policies relating to general principles, form and procedure of accounting for the Central and State Governments | Under Article 150 of the Constitution, the Annual Appropriation Accounts (Civil) and Union Finance Accounts are submitted to Parliament on the advice of Comptroller and Auditor General of India | The Controller General of Accounts (CGA), in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, is the Principal Accounting Adviser to Government of India |
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/creating-jobs-by-increasing-capex/article38367086.ece
Consider the following statements
Choose the correct statements
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| Chhattisgarh is the top producer of coal in India. It is followed by Odisha , Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. | India produced 716 Million Tonnes of coal in 2020-21 and imported 214 Million Tonnes of coal in the same fiscal |
Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1794791
Solution(d)
Statement Analysis:
| Statement 1 | Statement 2 |
| Incorrect | Incorrect |
| Chhattisgarh is the top producer of coal in India. It is followed by Odisha , Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. | India produced 716 Million Tonnes of coal in 2020-21 and imported 214 Million Tonnes of coal in the same fiscal |
Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1794791
