UPSC LAW Optional

2022-06-07 13:30:58 Open / Comment

2022-06-07 12:32:16 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Har Ghar Dastak campaign 2.0

Key Points
• The Har Ghar Dastak campaign 2.0 was organised across the country to ensure complete Covid-19 vaccination of all eligible beneficiaries.

• The special focus was on those in the 12-14 age group and precaution dose for those above 60. The two-month long door-to-door campaign will run between June 1 and July 31.

• The first Har Ghar Dastak campaign was conducted in November 2021. As many as 193.6 crore doses have been administered across the country, so far. Open / Comment

2022-06-07 12:32:13 Open / Comment

2022-06-07 10:30:11 Open / Comment

2022-06-06 09:45:41 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Rs 436 and Rs 20

Key Points
• The government raised the premium for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), to make them economically viable.

• The premium rate of PMJJBY has been revised upward to Rs 1.25 per day, with an increase from Rs 330 to Rs 436 annually. The annual premium for PMSBY has been hiked from Rs 12 to Rs 20.

• The new premium rates are effective from June 1, 2022. Open / Comment

2022-06-06 09:45:38 Open / Comment

2022-06-06 08:34:10 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Russai

Key Points
• Russia has launched a new “Foreign debt payment system”, an arrangement similar to that used for payments for its gas supplies to pay its dollar-denominated foreign debts.

• Russia will offer the holders of its Eurobond obligations to accept a payment system bypassing the Western financial infrastructure.

• Russia has not defaulted on its international debts since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution when the Soviet Union was created. Open / Comment

2022-06-06 08:34:07 Open / Comment

2022-06-04 12:19:37 Explanation
The Correct Answer is Increased

Key Points
• The total number of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of all denominations detected in the banking sector increased to 2,30,971 pieces

• The number of fake currency note of ₹500 denomination detected by the banking system more than doubled to 79,669 pieces in the fiscal 2021-22 over the previous year, according to the RBI annual report.

• The number of counterfeit notes of ₹2,000 denomination detected in the system was 13,604 pieces during 2021-22, up 54.6% from the preceding financial year.

• During 2021-22, out of the total FICNs detected in the banking sector, 6.9% were detected at the Reserve Bank and 93.1% at other banks, the report said.

• One of the major objectives of the 2016 demonetisation of the then prevailing ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes was to curb circulation of fake currency notes. Open / Comment

2022-06-04 12:19:33 Open / Comment