Mr.Tushar of IIT Delhi has contributed these mock questions for General studies Mains paper 1 (in the Pre-2013 UPSC system).
Yearbook
Answer following in 250 words each(20×3=60)-general Polity and law analysis
- Describe the mechanism of filling complaint in the consumer court. In the same context, state the changes made in 2011 amendment of the Consumer Protection Act.
- Assess the effectiveness steps taken by government to give boost to the infrastructure sector.
- Analyze the conundrums associated with The Building and other Construction workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act, 1996 (BOCW Act).
- Bring out the silent features of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2010 and describe its amendments in sequence with special reference to the recently enacted in 2012. Do you think that there are, still many issues which are prevalent in reality have not been considered in the act? Give Examples.
- Highlight the issue of the pricing of the drugs in India. In the same context, discuss the recommendations of the Pranob Sen Task Force.
- Increasing number of road accidents is a cause of worry in India. In this context critically examine the recommendations of the Sundar Committee on the Road Safety and Traffic management.
- Enhancement of the efficiency in the use of Energy is prime focus for BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency). State the objectives of the BEE with respect of Energy Conservation Act 2001. And list out the changes made by the amendment of 2010 in the Act.
- Bring out the silent changes made in the Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Bill 2010, discuss its implications.
- Discuss the recommendations of the IDSA task force to overcome the challenges in the cyber space of India.
- Comment on the draft ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill), 2010. Compare this act with any of the similar act which has been enacted in any of the developed country.
- Bring out the features of the Unorganized Social Sector Scheme 2008. Up to what extent it has proved to be inclusive? Suggest some measures.
- List out the recommendations of the High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Universal Health Care (UHC) in India. Comment on it.
- Unequal implementation of the GramNayala Act, 2008 which enacted in 2ndOctober 2009 has impaired effective Criminal Justice System. Comment.
- “Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBM) has been caught with numerous complexities” Comment.
Polity
Answer following in 250 words each(20×1=20)
- Describe the constitutional provisions that recently Supreme Court has held in the context of Right to Education Act 2009, which has imposed compulsion to the Private aided schools to reserve its 25% quota for poor children.
- “Despite the dramatic change in the demographics of India, the base for the Presidential Election is still 1971 population” Justify. Highlight the role of the Delineation Commission in the same context.
- Describe the recent amendment made in the Citizen Act 1955 in the context of “Overseas Elector”
- In the era of the Hung Parliament, Do you think that there is need to change the existing form of government to the Presidential form in India?
Economy
150 words each (12 marks)
- List of the steps taken by the government to increase the Rural Credit Inclusion.
- List the steps taken by the RBI to curb the fall of Indian Rupee against the US Dollar.
- Concept of Spice Park and list the Operational Spice Park in the country with their specialization.
- Rural Business Hub Scheme and list any three ongoing business at present.
- Objectives of the approved institute of RC Bose Center of Cryptology & Security in the Institute of Statistical Institute.
- What is SARFAISE Act and for what purpose it has been enacted?
- List the recent steps taken by Indian Government to enhance the cyber security?
- Lead Insurance scheme: A single insurance product.
- Proposed Center for Asia Pacific Aviation. Also write a short note on “Vittal Innovation City” Project.
- Silent features of the new Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF) Scheme.
- Currencies swap deal with SAARC members.
- Meena Communication Programe.
- Describe the organizational structure of Serious Fraud Investigation Office. (SFIO)
- Andhapradesh’s Green Channel Scheme.
- Silent features of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Amendment) 2012 Bill.
Geography + Agriculture
150 words each(12×5=60)
- Project INDUS
- “Costal Vulnerability Index” developed by INCOIS
- Naval Air Station (NAS) Baaz : Southern Most air base of India.
- Explain “El-Nino” and its implications in India’s Climate.
- Freak Flooding Phenomenon In the Indian Ocean (Kallakkadal)
- Why earth quake of 11th April 2012 in the Indian Ocean did not result in Tsunami Formation?
- What is Rat Hole Mining? What are the problems associated with this?
- The recent initiative of the Turmeric Growers and it causes?
- Pod borer resistant varieties of pigeon pea and chickpea developed by the ICAR division-NFBSFARA– (In the light of price rise of pulses and its reduced production)
- “Coastal Vulnerability Index” Developed by INCOIS (India National Center for Ocean Information Services)
- Describe the organizational structure of FSSAI (Food Safety Standard Authority
Environment
- New amphibians species found in Western Ghats in Kerala.
- Project Elephant and list any three corridors.
- Great Himalayan National Park.
- Recently declared Minimum Support Price for the Minor Forest Produces.
- Reasons for reducing numbers of Gariyals.
- BEE star rating for office buildings.
- Bachat Lamp Yojana.
- Recent initiatives of the BEE to augment the investment in energy efficiency projects.
- BEE’s PAT scheme. (imp)
- Indian Wild life Business Council.
- List the broad objectives of Project Elephant and what are the MIKE sites. List any five of them.
- Science express Biodiversity Special
- Red Ribbon Express.
- Discuss about the migratory Birds in India and their seasons and places.
- Effectiveness of the DST (Day light saving) and Advancing the IST (Indian Standard Time) By half an hour on the energy usage efficiency in Indian context.
- Bio-fumigants developed by the CTCRI and DRDO
- Myristica Swamp
- Silent features of the e-waste Management and Handling Rules 2011.
Culture
50 words each
- Tribal Awards conferred by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- Rani Durgavati Sanman Award.
- Veer Shankar Shah -Raghunath Shah Sanman Award.
- Thakar Bapa Sanman.
- The Queen-Destiny of Dance.
- Ganga Sharan Singh Award.
- Hindi Sevi Sanman.
- Categories of Film Certification according to the Cinematograph Rules,1983 of India.
Persons in News
- Colonel Tara
- Madhur Bhandarkar.
- Krishnaswamy Vijaya Raghavan.
- Tejinder Singh Virdee.
- Gopa Sabarwal.
- Nitin Joshi.
- Sima Biswas.
- Lakshmi Tripathi.
- Radha Vinod Raju
- M. Manimekalai
- Soumya Gupta
- Ram Kumar
- Sanjeev Chaturvedi (SR Jindal Prize 2011)
- Nitin Bondal and his innovation.
- Sikanth Srnivasan
- Sarnath Banerjea
- Anish Kapoor
- Chef Vikas Khanna
- Bandu Dhotre
- Justice Dalveer Bhandari
- National Film Awards 4th may
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too good an effort–thank you tushar n mrunal
it would be too much to ask but plz link the answers too
:)
that was hell of an effort man
thanks
omg….
With one week to go for mains….this has increased tension….
pls pls pls do something for answers…again pls…mrunal the saviour..
good effort .. thanks
it makes me upset
miles to go before i sleep
miles to go before i sleep………………….
i am dead………
Sir g please describe the resources also if possible……
busy with optionals….dont know when i will check these??????
Hello Sir,
Could you please let us know how to prepare for the questions of this kind before in hand; few of which appears like unheard topics..Your suggestion regarding the materials(which can be referred)would really help for aspirants like me who are preparing for 2013 Exam.
person in news
Colonel Tara: Colonel Ashok Tara, now retired from service, rescued Sheikh Hasina
Madhur Bhandarkar: HEROINE
Krishnaswamy Vijaya Raghavan: Director of The National Centre for Biological Sciences
Tejinder Singh Virdee:Fellowship of the Royal Society in April 2012; works @ CERN
Gopa Sabarwal: VC, NALANDA UNIVERSITY
NITIN JOSHI: TR35 IITB developed dual compartment nanostructures which can encapsulate two anticancer drugs, paclitaxel and curcumin, and deliver them in combination to lung cancer patients
SEEMA BISWAS: BANDIT QUEEN
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi: is a transgender rights activist in India
Radha Vinod Raju: founding Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) DIED 21JUN2012
Ms M Manimekalai: a 1981 batch IFS officer was then Ambassador of India in Libya
Soumya Gupta:?????????????? TRYING TO RECALL
Ram Kumar: Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honour, in 2010.
Sanjeev Chaturvedi (SR Jindal Prize 2011): Haryana’s whistleblower IFoS officer
excellent.
instead of crying out for soln..few of us can join hands to light the candle…when times get tough, its time to show our stuff :P
environment:
1.new amphibians species in western ghats–caecilians..limbless amphibians found
2.project elephant-1992-MoEF-to watch elephant popln and its corridors,promote r&D,create awareness
corridors:jalpaiguri,tn-kerala(wayanad),arun-assam corridor
3.great himalayan corridor–@kulu,himachal-to protect endemic plants mainly
4.MSP for 14 forest produce by tribal affairs ministry
to boost up tribal welfare,cut down middle man
5.ghariyals reducing(crocodile) bcoz of : its egg destroyed by nat’l predators,killed for indigeneous medicine,skin etc
6.BEE star rating 1star-5 star..implemented in 3 climatic regns( hot and dry,warm and humid,composite)…for 5 types of buildings-office,hospitals,hotels,etc..
super efficient buildings 5 star..least efficient 1 star
7.bachaat lamp yojana–to replace incandescent lamp by CFL to ctrl warming of earth
8.BEE pat scheme–perform,achieve,trade..if industry uses more green technology..its given a pat by allowing it to trade its energy certificates like CER..if its not its fined.
10.indian wild life business council: w.bank+cii–to protect and reverse dwindling tiger popln with industrial help..
11.MIKE( Monitoring illegal killing of elephants)–elephant popln watched…changing trend in its popln taken note of b4 and after MIKE…other things name itself explains
12.science express–to inc awareness among ppl (students and teachers) abt our rich biodiversity and eco-system–has industrial support–ll halt at several places inc CBD (hyderabad)…science lab too resent in it
13.red ribbon–Anti-aids awareness train
16.biofumigants from leaves of topioca,cassava as bio-pesticidres instead of chemicals as pesticides.
17.myrisitica swamp–w.ghats– to watch the climatic impact on plants..water-logged area…abundant diversity..myristica is a primitive flowering plant .
18.e-waste mgmt rules–extended producer responsibility– producer must take care that his electronic good s are disposed in an environ-fndly way( ie min a mt of lead,cadmium and mercury)
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Yearbook (a little bit lengthy)
1.
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 , is a benevolent social legislation that lays down the rights of the consumers and provides their for
promotion and protection of the rights of the consumers. The first and the only Act of its kind in India, it has enabled ordinary consumers to
secure less expensive and often speedy redressal of their grievances.
The Act mandates establishment of Consumer Protection Councils at the Centre as well as in each State and District, with a view to promoting
consumer awareness.
The Central Council is headed by Minster, In-charge of the Department of Consumer Affairs in the Central Government and the State Councils by
the Minister In-charge of the Consumer Affairs in the State Governments. It also provides for a 3-tier structure of the National and State
Commissions and District Forums for speedy resolution of consumer disputes.
To provide inexpensive, speedy and summary redressal of consumer disputes, quasi-judicial bodies have been set up in each District and State and
at the National level, called the District Forums, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions and the National Consumer Disputes Redressal
Commission respectively. At present, there are 629 District Forums and 35 State Commissions with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal
Commission (NCDRC) at the apex. NCDRC has its office at Upbhokta Naya Bhawan, ‘F’ Block, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi-110 023.
Each District Forum is headed by a person who is or has been or is eligible to be appointed as a District Judge and each State Commission is headed
by a person who is or has been a Judge of High Court.
The National Commission was constituted in the year 1988. It is headed by a sitting or retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India. The National
Commission is presently headed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhan, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India as President.
The provisions of this Act cover ‘goods’ as well as ‘services’.
A written complaint, can be filed before the District Consumer Forum for pecuniary value of upto Rupees twenty lakh, State Commission for value
upto Rupees one crore and the National Commission for value above Rupees one crore, in respect of defects in goods and or deficiency in service.
The service can be of any description and the illustrations given above are only indicative. However, no complaint can be filed for alleged
deficiency in any service that is rendered free of charge or under a contract of personal service.
The remedy under the Consumer Protection Act is an alternative in addition to that already available to the aggrieved persons/consumers by way
of civil suit. In the complaint/appeal/petition submitted under the Act, a consumer is not required to pay any court fees but only a nominal fee.
Consumer Fora proceedings are summary in nature. The endeavor is made to grant relief to the aggrieved consumer as quickly as in the quickest
possible, keeping in mind the provisions of the Act which lay down time schedule for disposal of cases.
If a consumer is not satisfied by the decision of a District Forum, he can appeal to the State Commission. Against the order of the State
Commission a consumer can come to the National Commission.
In order to help achieve the objects of the Consumer Protection Act, the National Commission has also been conferred with the powers of
administrative control over all the State Commissions by calling for periodical returns regarding the institution, disposal and pendency of cases.
The National Commission is empowered to issue instructions regarding
(1) adoption of uniform procedure in the hearing of the matters,
(2) prior service of copies of documents produced by one party to the opposite parties,
(3) speedy grant of copies of documents, and
(4) generally over-seeing the functioning of the State Commissions and the District Forums to ensure that the objects and purposes of the Act are
best served, without interfering with their quasi-judicial freedom.
In genuine cases where the complainant / appellant / petitioner before the National Commission is unable to engage the services of an advocate
legal aid is provided by the Commission free of charge.
2011 main recommendation:
1. stringent action and penalty
2. consumer can register a complaint online and pay the fees using the online platform to make the consumer move towards e-governance and
time-bound redressal.
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2011
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, to remove discriminatory provisions in the said Act against children and to:
1. (a) omit sub-section (2) of section 48 which requires a juvenile or child suffering
from leprosy, sexually transmitted disease, Hepatitis B, open cases of Tuberculosis
and such other diseases or of unsound mind, to be dealt with separately through
various specialised referral services.
2.where it appears to the competent authority that any juvenile or child
kept in a special home or a observation home or a children’s home or a shelter
home or in an institution in pursuance of this Act, is a mentally ill person or
addicted to alcohol or other drugs which lead to behavioural changes in a person
the competent authority may order his removal to a psychiatric hospital or
psychiatric nursing home
2012
ome of the major proposed amendments are penal provisions for non registration of child care institutions under Juvenile Justice (care and Protection of Children) Act, strengthening of the provisions related to adoption, including roles and responsibilities of the Child Welfare Committees and addition of new offences against children.
why????????????
case 1: ALLAHABAD: APR 12 “Recommendation for suspension of nine staff members ; rape of three minor girls”
case 2:AUG 12 :COIMBATORE: A 17-year-old inmate of the juvenile observation home for boys and girls near Lakshmi Mill junction in the city was found hanging inside his room
case 3: PORT BALIR:July 2012 four inmates of the Juvenile Home alleged to have murdered two attendants, a care taker and a watchman before they fled away.
yEARBOOK 5
Pranab sen task force recommendation:
1. The Task Force recommends that price regulation should be on the
basis of ‘Essentiality’ of the drug and it should be applied only to formulations
and not to upstream products, such as bulk drugs
2. No effort should be made to impose a uniform price, and only a ceiling price should be indicated
3. The ceiling price of essential drugs should normally not be based on cost of
production but on readily monitorable market based benchmarks.
4. A process of active promotion of generic drugs should be put in place including mandatory
debranding for selected drugs.
5. The drug regulator must maintain a data base of brands and their compositions
and no change should be permitted in the composition of a given brand.
6. There should be bulk purchases of drugs by Government agencies,
cooperatives or consumer bodies through public-private partnership
7. insurance companies should be encouraged to extend health insurance covering medicines.
8. Drugs and Therapeutics (Regulation) Act (DATA) should be enacted for price control on drugs.
9.National Authority on Drugs and Therapeutics
10.The recommendations of the Mashelkar Committee 2003 report should be adopted
(The Centre should financially support State Governments to bring their state drug control formations to a
threshold level)
11.Task Force recommends that the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2003 should form the basis
of drugs for price control/monitoring.
12.All patented drugs and formulations should compulsorily be brought under price negotiation prior to
the grant of marketing approval. (case CANCER DRUG;GLIVEC PATENT CASE; NOVARTIS;)
13.The role of PSUs producing drugs should be recognized and all Departments of Central Government
must be advised to first procure their drugs from the PSUs at prices approved by NPPA
14.The Central Government has set up a National Illness Assistance
Fund (NIAF),A BPL patient is provided financial assistance upto Rs.1.50 lakhs.
15.The Task Force has recommended to reduce the excise duty on all
pharmaceutical products from 16% to 8%.
16.The corpus of Rs.150 crore under
the Pharmaceutical Research and Development Support Fund (PRDSF)
needs to be sufficiently increased over the next 5 years.
17.To create public awareness and to educate the people, a dedicated
web site needs to be created in addition to other possible modes of enhancing
public awareness like public literatures, booklets, newsletters/magazines etc
Thanks, It has been published here
https://mrunalmanage.wpcomstaging.com/2012/09/yearbook-pranabsen-drug-price-recommendations.html
Yearbook 7
Energy Conservation Act 2001
The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 8, 2010. It amends the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
The Energy Conservation Act empowers the government to specify norms and standards of energy efficiency to be followed by different industries (who are specified in a schedule to the Act) in their use of power. Norms and standards of energy efficiency and conservation are also to be set for appliances and equipment, and the construction of buildings. The Act empowers state governments to enforce its various provisions.
The Act also establishes the Bureau of Energy Efficiency under the central government to specify qualifications and certification procedures for energy auditors and managers who shall audit the use of energy by industries.
The Bill expands the scope of energy conservation norms for buildings and tightens the applicability of energy efficiency norms for appliances and equipment. It provides a framework within which savings on energy use can be traded between those industries who are energy efficient and those whose consumption of energy is more than the maximum set by the government. The Bill increases penalties for offences and provides for appeals to be heard by the Electricity Appellate Tribunal set up under the Electricity Act, 2003.
Under the Act, the government could specify energy conservation building codes for commercial buildings with a connected load of more than 500 kW or contract demand of 600 kVA. The Bill broadens the range of commercial buildings to which such building codes apply to those with a connected load of more than 100 kW, or contracted demand of more than 120 kVA.
Under the Bill, the central government can issue energy savings certificates to those industries whose energy consumption is less than the maximum allowed. Such certificates can be sold to other consumers whose consumption is more than the maximum allowable.
The Act empowers the government to specify energy consumption norms for equipment or appliances. The government can also prohibit the manufacture, sale, purchase or import of notified equipment unless they conform to such norms. However, this prohibition can only be issued two years after the norms have been specified. The Bill reduces this time frame to six months, extendable by a further six months.
The Bill increases the penalty specified for offences committed under the Act. Each offence shall attract a penalty of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,000 earlier), with an additional penalty of Rs 10,000 for each day that the offence remains (Rs 1000 earlier). The additional penalty, for those industries who consume energy in excess of norms, will be the value of the excess energy consumed.
The Act provided for the setting up of an Appellate Tribunal for Energy Conservation, which would hear appeals against orders of the central or state government. The Bill does away with this provision and provides for appeals against such orders to be heard by the appellate tribunal established under the Electricity Act, 2003.
The Bill increases the term of office of the Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency from three to five years. It provides for the Bureau, rather than the Central Government, to appoint its officers and staff.
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Act to make it compulsory for the police to record the reasons for making an arrest as well for not making an arrest in respect of a cognizable offence for which the maximum punishment is up to seven years.
The Law Commission also suggested further changes in the newly inserted section 41A of
the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973 (inserted by Act 5 of 2009) to make it compulsory
for the police to issue a notice in all such cases where arrest is not required to be made under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of the amended section 41.
It was also suggested that the unwillingness of a person who has not been arrested to identify himself and to whom a notice has been issued under the aforesaid section 41A could be a ground for his arrest.
wonderful work..great start fnd
Yearbook 9
recommendations of the IDSA task force:
easy to remember points…..
1.NSA should be in charge for formulating,overseeing,implementing cyber security policy with the help IB.
2.Cyber coordination centre should be established with staff drawn from various operational agencies(say IB,RAW,military intelligence)
3.Ministry of home affairs should be the nodal agency for handling cyber terrorism and cyber crime.
4.Dept. of I.T should be engaged to create cyber space awareness,strengthen PPP,promote international cooperation.
5.Integrated defence staff should be the nodal agency for preparing the country for all kind of cyber warfare.
6.Education on cyber security,R&D,training
Economy:1
steps taken by goi to increase the Rural Credit Inclusion……
1.Encouragement to The Regional Rural Banks as they are the best fitted to be the vehicle for financial inclusion in rural areas, Their Regional Character , their functioning in a homogenous agro-climatic area, and their employees, hailing from the same area, are best suited to relate with the rural customers.
2.Direction to banks to open at least one bank account for every family living in financial inclusion villages.
3.Issuance of simplified General purpose Credit Card (GCC) without insistence on collateral or purpose and Relaxation of KYC norms for opening new relationship accounts in rural areas
Economy:2
first reasons for fall in Rupees against dollar….
1.In the US, there is surplus investment. It used to be a safe haven for investors .So less requirment hence more fall.
2.Europe used to be an important destination for exports, but demand there is uncertain, global recovery was poor and fragile while oil prices were on rise.
3.Large outflow of dollars from the Indian capital market is another reason for the fall of rupee.
Steps taken by RBI
1.increase in the limit on foreign investment in government securities
2.hike in the limit of External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) allowed for Indian companies
3.directly sell dollars to oil companies, who are large buyers of dollars for oil imports, without affecting the market price.
4.Control the outflow of dollars from market
5.Deregulates interest rates on export credit in foreign currency
6.decision to allow qualified foreign investors to invest in infrastructure debt through mutual funds
wonderful work fnd..thank you
Economy:3
Concept of Spice Park and list the Operational Spice Park in the country with their specialization……
1.The specific Spices Park is a well conceived approach to have
an integrated operation for cultivation, post harvesting, processing for value
addition, packaging, storage and exports of spices and spice products.
2.Spices Park will ensure a better pricing for the produce by eliminating
intermediaries from the supply chain system currently followed locally for
trading of spices.
3.The facilities available in the Spices Park can be utilized by
the farming community for selling their produce directly to the exporters by
improving the quality of the products
Location State Spices Covered
Chhindwara Madhya Pradesh Garlic & Chilly
Puttady Kerala Pepper & Cardamom
Guntur Andhra Pradesh Chilli
Sivaganga Tamil Nadu Turmeric, Chilli & Coriander
Jodhpur Rajasthan Cumin, Coriander
Mehsana Gujarat Cumin, Fennel Coriander
Kota Rajasthan Coriander, Cumin
Guna Madhya Pradesh Coriander, Fenugreek & Garlic
plese refer to http://commerce.nic.in/trade/SB_Spices_parks_English.pdf
YEAR BOOK 6:
sundar committee reco’s:
1.national road safety and transport management board(NRSTM)
2.national road safety fund
3.sate road safety board(SRSB)
NRSTMB creation by an act of parliament after consulting experts from road engineering,automobile engineering,medical field.
NRSTM ROLE:-(regulatory and advisory)
regulatory:
a)set stds and designs for mechanically propelled vehichles and national hi-ways
advisory:
a)advise govt on road safety,research on rd safety,establishing medical care and rehabilitation
b)can also conduct safety audits
SRSB role:
1.set stds for design,constrn and operation of road other than NH
& stds for other vehichles apart from mechanically propelled vehichles
2.stds for establishing trauma care facilities
3.co-ordinate rd safety &traffic mgmt
4.safety audits
5.grievance re-adressal
Economy:4
Rural Business Hub Scheme….
Objective:
to promote Rural Non-Farming Enterprises which utilise local skills and/or resources and promote rural employment.
Features
1.Panchayats, the grass-roots democratic institutions, may prepare plans based on local resource endowments, felt needs of people and relative absorptive capacity and implement them
2.Ideally suited for agriculture / horticulture / handloom / handicrafts related activities, where production is decentralized
31 MoUs across 15 States have been signed so far setting up RBHs. 28 of them involving Sumak Carpets, Pottery Products, handloom, handicraft, fresh fruit and vegetable and processing of agri-produces are functional. Another 22 covering folk arts, handicrafts, compressed bricks, vermin compost and agri processing are ready to take off. Partners have been identified and the RBH process in under way in case of 27 other proposals covering handloom, handicraft, woolen products, agri produce, bio Diesel, essential oil etc.(numerical values not important)…
Economy5
Research in cryptology is of interest to the Centre in ensuring security of classified information in Defence and Intelligence, it also has commercial applications.
Economy6
SARFAISE Act and for what purpose it has been enacted:
Some loan transactions with the Bank like Housing Loan, Educational Loan etc. are very simple, some commercial loan transactions are very complex in nature. The Bank may provide various loan facilities to the Borrower and most of these commercial loans are complex to understand and these loans infact involve many complexities. When a Businessmen or a Corporate gets various loan facilities and if there is a default or allegation of default with regard to a particular loan facility, the Bank proceeds against the borrower and claims for the settlement of entire outstanding debt in respect of all facilities. The Banks use the provisions of “Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act)”
Economy7
List the recent steps taken by Indian Government to enhance the cyber security:
1.New Government websites and applications will be audited from the cyber security perspective prior to their hosting and after, on a regular basis.
2.National Informatics Centre (NIC), which plays a crucial role of driving e-governance applications at national, state and district levels and hosts almost all government websites, has been forbidden to host websites which haven’t undergone the above mentioned cyber security audit.
3.NIC has also been directed to upgrade and improve the security of its hosting infrastructure.
4.CERT-In will issue alerts and advisories regarding the latest developments in cyber crime and suggest countermeasures on regular basis.
5.The central and state government ministries/ departments will implement the Crisis Management Plan to counter cyber attacks and cyber terrorism.
11 question environment
MIKE sites in India
• 1. Chirang Ripu (Assam )
• 2. Dhang Patki ( Assam )
• 3. Eastern Dooars ( WB )
• 4. Deomali ( Arun Pradesh )
• 5. Garo Hills ( Meghalaya )
• 6. Mayurbhanj ( Orissa )
• 7. Mysore ( Karnataka )
• 8. Nilgiri ( T N )
14 question environment
• 9. Shivalik ( Uttarakhand )
10. Wayanad ( Kerala
14 q environment
is, a common bird at all West Himalayan hill stations.– BLUE MAGPIE
is common in the forests of Western Himalayas–BROWN-FRONTED WOOD- PECKER
Siberian crane,grter flamingo,pelican,wood sand piper—winter migratory
Asian koel,cuckoos,blu tailed bee eater,night heron—migratory birds comes to india in summer
Economy8:
Lead Insurance scheme…
What is it?
It will be a single product to protect life and also against personal accidents. It protects against the loss of assets – cattle and vehicles.
please enrich it with more materials
CULTURE:
With a view to setting an ideal before society by perpetuating the self-respect, identity, leadership qualities and sacrifices of tribal communities and to publicize and recognize the tribal arts and skills and creative contribution of the tribal life, Madhya Pradesh Government has instituted Tribal Awards.
National Level Award
Rani Durgawati Samman: (amount of award – Rs.2 lakh and scroll).
To be given to a tribal woman for outstanding achievements and contribution in tribal and traditional creative arts, crafts, social service and administration.
Veer Shankar Shah-Raghunath Shah Samman: (amount of award – Rs.2 lakh and scroll).
To be given for long term contribution in excellent painting-writing about tribal life in Indian literature and long and outstanding devotion to traditional tribal arts.
Thakkar Bapa Samman: (amount of award – Rs. 2 lakh and scroll).
To be given in recognition of service of the poor, exploited and backward tribal communities rendered with dedication, love and objectivity.
Economy 8:
Lead Insurance scheme: A single insurance product.
Micro insurance scheme with all in one package for life,theft,accident—brainchild of IRDA(insurance regulator)
As Lead Bank so is lead insurer (in the regions they are strong enough to take this product to rural folk)
As Financial inclusion for inclusive developement so is INCLUSIVE MICRO INSURANCE
Economy 13
Describe the organizational structure of Serious Fraud Investigation Office. (SFIO)
To investigate various corporate frauds that are occuring Post Liberalisation like Satyam computers pvt .ltd
came into being since 2003 uinder mini.of.corporate affairs
Headed by director who is assisted by addl/joint directors drawn from various field like
corporate law
taxation
banking
insurance
custom/excise
capital markets
It
Forensic experts etc..
Inturn they are assisted by various asst.directors
2 Regional office
Northern
Western
Freak Flooding Phenomenon In the Indian Ocean (Kallakkadal
Geography 5
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article3318196.ece
KALLAKKADAL TERM USED BY LOCAL KERALA FISHERMAN WHICH MEANS SEA ARRIVES LIKE A THIEF
UN recognised the term
so it may even appear in later Dictionary versions too