Current Affairs Question - 10 October 2019

National Polity & Governance

Department Of Investment And Public Asset Management


Recently, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) under the Ministry of Finance has been made the nodal department for the strategic stake sale in the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). Consider the following statements about the DIPAM:

1. Previously known as the Department of Disinvestment was one of the Departments under the Ministry of Finance, it was renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) in April, 2017.

2. It is mandated to look into all the matters relating to the management of Central Government investments in equity including disinvestment of equity in Central Public Sector Undertakings.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

National Polity & Governance

National Mineral Development Corporation


Recently, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) decided to restart mining at Donimalai in Bellari district of Karnataka. Consider the following statements about the NMDC:

1) NMDC is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Mines, incorporated in 1958 as a Government of India fully owned public enterprise.

2) The company has been categorised by the Department of Public Enterprises as Maharatna Public Sector Enterprise in 2008.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2

National Indian Constitution

Sixth Schedule Of The Constitution


Recently, the Meghalaya government decided to exclude some unrepresented tribes from the provisions of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Consider the following statements about the SixthSchedule:

1. It special provisions for the administration of the tribal dominated areas in four states viz. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.

2. It allows for the formation of Autonomous District Councils to administer areas which have been given autonomy within their respective states.

3. The governor of the concerned State is empowered to organise and re-organise the autonomous districts or regions by order.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3

National Physical Geography

Hindu-Kush-Himalayan (HKH) Region


Recently, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) decided to collaborate with meteorological agencies in China and Pakistan, among others, to provide climate forecast services to countries in the Hindu-Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. Consider the following statements about the HKH:

1. The HKH region encompasses an area of mountains in the seven countries of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.

2. The region is considered as part of the Third Pole due to its largest permanent snow cover after the North and South poles.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2
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