Daily Current Affairs Quiz: December 29 2022

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• Recently, the Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has launched revamped Probity Portal, e-HRMS 2.0 Portal and Mobile Application of iGoTKarmayogi Portal.

About

• e-HRMS 2.0 portal:
• The portal provides various services such as transfers (rotation/mutual), deputation, APAR, IPR, iGOT trainings, vigilance status, deputation opportunities, service book and other basic HR services like leave, tour, reimbursements, etc.
• Therevamped e-HRMS 2.0 portal was launched as the earlier iteration of the e-HRMS was limited in scope, where employees could avail limited services and it was not connected with other HR applications.

• • • The employees were unable to get full benefits of digital service deliveries and seamless connection with HR applications and initiatives of the government.

• Therevamped e-HRMS 2.0 is the first digital system in government of India to provide end-to-end HR services.
• Significance of e-HRMS 2.0 portal:
• Revamped e-HRMS 2.0will save several thousand man-hours and tonns of printing paper.
• This will also go a long way in improving employee satisfaction, promoting ease of doing/processing HR work and enhancing productivity and transparency in administrative functioning.
• iGoT Karmayogi Portal:
• It is an Integrated Government Online Training digital platform under the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD). which will deliver capacity building programmes by drawing content from global best practices rooted in Indian national ethos.
• TheiGOT Karmayogi platform is envisaged as a democratised, competency driven solution space that all of the government can access to enhance their execution capabilities.
• iGOT-Karmayogi mobile app and the platform will allow all government servants, at multiple levels, to undergo continuous training, depending on their domain areas. The app and the platform will provide anytime-anywhere-any-device learning to train about two crore users which was hitherto not achievable through traditional measures.

ANSWER: C

• The notification, which relates to the eligibility requirement to claim the preferential customs duty on trade in goods, under the economic cooperation and trade agreement (ECTA), will come into effect from December 29. This is when the ECTA will also come into effect.
• India and Australia had in April this year signed the ECTA, which is expected to cover 90% of the bilateral trade between the two.

What is Rules of Origin?

• Rules of origin are the criteria needed to determine the national source of a product. Their importance is derived from the fact that duties and restrictions in several cases depend upon the source of imports.

Where are rules of origin used?

• Rules of origin are used:
• To implement measures and instruments of commercial policy such as anti-dumping duties and safeguard measures;
• To determine whether imported products shall receive most-favoured-nation (mfn) treatment or preferential treatment;
• For the purpose of trade statistics;
• For the application of labelling and marking requirements; and
• For government procurement.

No specific provision in GATT

• GATT has no specific rules governing the determination of the country of origin of goods in international commerce.
• Each contracting party was free to determine its own origin rules, and could even maintain several different rules of origin depending on the purpose of the particular regulation.

ANSWER: A

• The Government of India and the ADB signed a $125 million loan to develop climate-resilient sewage collection and treatment, and drainage and water supply systems in three cities in the state of Tamil Nadu.
• The financing is the third and the last tranche of the $500 million multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) for the Program approved by ADB in 2018 to build priority water supply, sewerage, and drainage infrastructure in strategic industrial corridors across 10 cities in the state. The tranche 3 loan covers Coimbatore, Madurai, and Thoothukudi.
• This financing will help ensure universal access to basic water and sanitation services and improve resilience against floods in the project target areas which are also the industrial hubs of Tamil Nadu

What is ADB?

• It is a regional development bank established on 19th December 1966.
• It envisions a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty in the region.
• Headquarters:Manila, Philippines.
• Members:68 members, 49 from within Asia.
• Japan holds the largest proportion of shares in ADB followed by the USA, because Japan is one of the largest shareholders of the bank, and the president has always been Japanese.
• ADB is an official United Nations Observer.

ANSWER: B

• SSE is a novel idea in India, and a stock exchange of this kind is intended to benefit the private and non-profit sectors by directing more capital to them.
• During her Budget speech for the fiscal year 2019–20, Finance Minister first proposed the concept of SSE. The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956was then invoked by the government, which subsequently published a gazette notification announcing a new security as “zero coupon zero principal”.
• The SSE will function as a distinct division of the current stock exchanges under the new regulations.

Who can list on SSE?

• Not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) and for-profit social enterprises with social intent and impact as their primary goal will be eligible to participate in the SSE.
• The social enterprises will have to engage in a social activity out of 16 broad activities listed by the regulator.
• The eligible activities include-
• Eradicating hunger poverty, malnutrition and inequality
• Promoting healthcare, supporting education, employability and livelihoods
• Gender equality empowerment of women and lgbtqia communities
• Supporting incubators of social enterprise.
• Corporate foundations, political or religious organisations or activities, professional or trade associations, infrastructure companies, and housing companies, with the exception of affordable housing, will not be eligible to be identified as social enterprises.
• According to Sebi’s framework, minimum issue size of ₹1 crore and a minimum application size for subscription of ₹2 lakh are currently required for SSE.

ANSWER: C

• The Union government has made digitally capturing MGNREGA attendance universal from January 1, 2023 through (NMMS).
• From May 16, 2022, capturing attendance via the app was made compulsory for all worksites with 20 or more workers. This required uploading two time-stamped and geotagged photographs of the workers.

National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS)

• About:
• The National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) App was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development in 2021.
• It aimed at bringing more transparency and ensuring proper monitoring of the schemes.
• Significance:
• The NMMS App permits taking real time attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi NREGA worksites along with geo-tagged photographs.
• The app helps in increasing citizen oversight of the programme.
• Issues:
• Poor internet connectivity, little access to smartphones and glitches in the app have created a problem in the daily activities of the workers.
• The workers are forced to buy a smartphone which is pushing them to leave the job.
• Many workers have complained that the process is very difficult, and they are illiterate.

ANSWER: C

• The maximum cases of crime against women were registered in Kangra and Mandi, the most populous districts of the state, this year.
• As per the data from January 1, 2022, to November 30, most cases of cruelty to women (33) and molestation (102) were reported from Kangra, followed by Mandi at 28 and 59, respectively. Mandi reported the highest rape cases (55) followed by Kangra (51).
• Overall, the graph of crime against women witnessed a slight dip in comparison to the last year. As many as 1,515 cases were registered till November 30 compared to 1,700 cases reported last year.
• While the incidence of rape, molestation and abetment to suicide remained more or less the same as in the past few years, the cruelty to women cases dipped to 183 from 222 last year – the lowest in the last one decade.
• As for dowry deaths, just one death has been reported this year.

The cases registered under the NDPS Act:

• As for the cases registered under the NDPS Act, Shimla ended on top with 225 cases followed by Mandi (198) and Bilaspur (183).
• The number of cases registered under the NDPS Act hasn’t seen much fluctuation from the last two years as against 1420 cases registered so far this year, the count last year was 1537 and 1538 in the year before.
• Compared to last year when 14.9 kg heroin was seized, the seizure this year has been 10.1 kg.

The cases registered under the SC/ST Act:

• As for the cases registered under the SC/ST Act, the graph showed a slight dip from last year and 234 cases have been registered so far this year as compared to 272 last year.
• The highest number of cases has been registered in Mandi (43), followed by Hamirpur (34). The police maintain that no particular area of the state is notorious for offence against SC/ST community, and the incidents are sporadic.

ANSWER: A

• Former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has been accorded the status of the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly by Protem Speaker Chander Kumar.
• The Congress won 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The BJP won 25 seats while three went to Independents. Thakur, a six-time MLA, won from Seraj with the highest margin. The ex-CM was elected unanimously as all 24 BJP MLAs proposed his name for the post.

Leader of the Opposition:

• The leader of the largest Opposition party having not less than one-tenth seats of the total strength of the House is recognised as the leader of the Opposition in a House.
• S/He provides constructive criticism of the government policies and to provide an alternative government.
• The leader of Opposition in both the Houses were accorded statutory recognition in 1977 and are entitled to the salary, allowances and other facilities equivalent to that of a cabinet minister.
• The office of leader of the opposition is not mentioned in the Constitution but in the Parliamentary Statute.

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