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Consider the following statements with regard to MGNREGA:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Solution (c)
The mandate of the MGNREGA is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
“Household” means the members of a family related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption and normally residing together and sharing meals or holding a common ration card.
In simple words, a household having adult members desirous of seeking unskilled employment in MGNREGA may apply for registration.
MGNREGA is demand driven wage employment programme and resource transfer from Centre to States is based on the demand for employment in each State.
The failure of provision for employment within 15 days of the receipt of job application from a prospective household will result in the payment of unemployment allowance to the job seekers. Employment is to be provided within 5 km of an applicant’s residence, and minimum wages are to be paid. Thus, employment under MGNREGA is a legal entitlement.
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/14-lakh-families-reach-mgnregas-annual-work-limit/article32008031.ece
Solution (c)
The mandate of the MGNREGA is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
“Household” means the members of a family related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption and normally residing together and sharing meals or holding a common ration card.
In simple words, a household having adult members desirous of seeking unskilled employment in MGNREGA may apply for registration.
MGNREGA is demand driven wage employment programme and resource transfer from Centre to States is based on the demand for employment in each State.
The failure of provision for employment within 15 days of the receipt of job application from a prospective household will result in the payment of unemployment allowance to the job seekers. Employment is to be provided within 5 km of an applicant’s residence, and minimum wages are to be paid. Thus, employment under MGNREGA is a legal entitlement.
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/14-lakh-families-reach-mgnregas-annual-work-limit/article32008031.ece
Which of the following statements is/are true?
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Solution (b)
Opium is illicitly produced in about 50 countries. However, close to 97% of the total global production of opium in the past five years came from only 3 countries. (84% in Afghanistan, 7% in Myanmar and Mexico accounts for 6%)
India is in top five (fourth position) in terms of seizure of opium in 2018 and not opium production. Hence, statement 1 is wrong.
Asia is host to more than 90% of global illicit opium production and the world’s largest consumption market for opiates. 84% of the total opium was produced in Afghanistan.
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fourth-highest-opium-seizure-in-2018-reported-from-india-world-drug-report/article32005672.ece
Solution (b)
Opium is illicitly produced in about 50 countries. However, close to 97% of the total global production of opium in the past five years came from only 3 countries. (84% in Afghanistan, 7% in Myanmar and Mexico accounts for 6%)
India is in top five (fourth position) in terms of seizure of opium in 2018 and not opium production. Hence, statement 1 is wrong.
Asia is host to more than 90% of global illicit opium production and the world’s largest consumption market for opiates. 84% of the total opium was produced in Afghanistan.
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fourth-highest-opium-seizure-in-2018-reported-from-india-world-drug-report/article32005672.ece
Which among the following is correct about Bubonic plague, which was recently in news?
Solution (a)
What is Bubonic plague?
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/suspected-case-of-bubonic-plague-found-in-chinas-inner-mongolia/article31998748.ece
Solution (a)
What is Bubonic plague?
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/suspected-case-of-bubonic-plague-found-in-chinas-inner-mongolia/article31998748.ece
Golden Triangle and Golden Crescent often seen in news is related to which field of interest?
Solution (d)
India’s strategic location places it amid two largest sources of illicit drugs in South Asia- Golden Crescent (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) on the northwest and the infamous Golden Triangle (Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos) on the northeast.
Pic: Opium Cultivation
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fourth-highest-opium-seizure-in-2018-reported-from-india-world-drug-report/article32005672.ece
Solution (d)
India’s strategic location places it amid two largest sources of illicit drugs in South Asia- Golden Crescent (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) on the northwest and the infamous Golden Triangle (Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos) on the northeast.
Pic: Opium Cultivation
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fourth-highest-opium-seizure-in-2018-reported-from-india-world-drug-report/article32005672.ece
West Bank is bordered by –
Select the correct answer:
Solution (b)
West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan to the east and by Israel on the south, west and north. The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore.
Observe the map –
Solution (b)
West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan to the east and by Israel on the south, west and north. The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore.
Observe the map –
