Solution (b)

Integrated Diseases Surveillance Program (IDSP)

• It is a disease surveillance scheme launched in 2004 under the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs in India, assisted by the World Bank.

• The scheme seeks to set up a Central Disease Surveillance Unit and a State Surveillance Unit in each State where data is collected and analysed.
• An early warning system has been put into place in order to take timely preventive steps.
• Under IDSP data is collected on epidemic prone diseases on weekly basis.
• Whenever there is a rising trend of illnesses in any area, it is investigated by the Rapid Response Teams (RRT) to diagnose and control the outbreak.
• The program covers both communicable as well as non-communicable diseases and there is focus on inter sectoral co-ordination for zoonotic diseases.

Article reference: A year on, mind the gaps in the pandemic response

Solution (c)

Pradhan Mantri Matri Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a maternity benefit program run by the government of India. It was introduced in 2017 and is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. 

• It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women of 19 years of age or above for the first live birth.
• It provides a partial wage compensation to women for wage-loss during childbirth and childcare and to provide conditions for safe delivery and good nutrition and feeding practices. 
• In 2013, the scheme was brought under the National Food Security Act, 2013 to implement the provision of cash maternity benefit of ₹6,000 (US$84) stated in the Act.

Article reference: PMMVY beneficiaries cross 1.75 crore

Solution (c)

International Criminal Court

• It is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague in the Netherlands.
• The ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
• The ICC began functioning on 1 July 2002, the date that the Rome Statute entered into force.
• The Rome Statute is a multilateral treaty which serves as the ICC’s foundational and governing document.
• States which become party to the Rome Statute, for example by ratifying it, become member states of the ICC.
• India – Non-state party, non-signatory

Do you know?

• Burundi is the first nation ever to leave the international criminal court (ICC).
• The claim that the international criminal court unfairly targets Africans is gaining significant traction after Burundi, SA and Gambia announced its withdrawal from the ICC.

Article reference: International Criminal Court convicts Ugandan rebel commander for war crimes

Solution (a)

Chauri Chaura incident led Gandhi to call off the Non Cooperation Movement from Bardoli in February 1922.

The event also led to a Schism in the Congress Party when one faction of the leaders established the Congress-Khilafat-Swarajya Party. Moti Lal Nehru, C R Das, N C Kelkar, GS Gharpade and S Srinivas who founded the Swaraj party were in frustration due to sudden withdrawal of NCM by Gandhi.

Article reference: Chauri Chaura martyrs have not been given due prominence: PM

Solution (a)

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of  ‘Per Drop More Crop’ component of ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY-PDMC)’ from  2015-16 in all the States of the country which  focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation viz. Drip and Sprinkler irrigation systems. Besides promoting Micro Irrigation, this component also supports micro level water storage or water conservation/management activities to supplement source creation for Micro Irrigation.

Article link: The Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF), with a corpus of Rs. 5,000 crores has been created under NABARD