1. The government has renamed Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra after whom?
a. Sushma Swaraj
b. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c. Arun Jaitley
d. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Two key institutions linked to India’s foreign policy would be renamed after late external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj.
• The decision to rename the Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra and Foreign Service Institute, both located in New Delhi, was made on the eve of Swaraj’s birth anniversary on February 14. Swaraj, India’s first full-time woman foreign minister, died of cardiac arrest on 6 August 2019. She was 67.
• Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra is known as Sushma Swaraj Bhawan and Foreign Service Institute is known as Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service.
• These intended to commemorate her invaluable contribution to Indian diplomacy, the cause of the Indian diaspora and the ethos of public service.
2. Which Indian railways station will have a five star hotel?
a. Gandhinagar
b. Surat
c. Indore
d. Mysore
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• A 5-star hotel is being built above the station premises at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• The hotel, which is likely to have 300 rooms, will cater to tourists and businessmen, particularly during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in future.
• This will be the first experiment in India. The hotel, being built by the famous hotel chain Leela Group, could be completed by December 2020.
3. Who will head the group to investigate the need for separate arrangements for funding defense and internal security the 15th Finance Commission ?
a. Nirmala SItharaman
b. Nand Kishore Singh
c. NK Singh
d. Avani Chaturwedi
S-b
EXPLANATION-
• To investigate the need for separate arrangements for funding defense and internal security the 15th Finance Commission has set up a five-member group led by Nand Kishore Singh.
• This group will test whether a separate mechanism for financing defense and internal security should be put in place, and if so, how this fund would be operationalized.
• The announcements were made after the commission held the 6th meeting of its advisory council to seek views of the participants on the Commission’s report for 2020-21 and other recommendations included in the report.
• Apart from this, outlook for nominal GDP growth during 2021-22 to 2025-26 and other macroeconomic parameters were also discussed
4. Which of the following is the first airport in India to be completely free of single-use plastic?
a. Chennai International Airport
b. Kempegowda International Airport
c. Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)
d. Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport
S-c
EXPLANATION-
• According to the GMR Group which airport becomes the the 1st airport in India to be completely free of single-use plastic usage Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).
• The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) -ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) also recognized DIAL for successfully implementing the campaign to make the airport voluntary plastic free.
• It is inline with India’s target to abolish all single-use plastic from India by 2022.
5. Which of the following states become the first in India to to enforce Performance regulation act 2019 for Power department?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Punjab
d. Haryana
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• In a bid to provide timely and hassle-free service to the consumers, the Yogi Adityanath led government in Uttar Pradesh has enforced Performance Regulation Act 2019 for the power department.
• The consumers would now get financial compensation for delay in solving their complaints by the department.
• Around 2 crore 87 lakh people are likely to be benefitted from the new law.
• The consumer would get Rs 50 per day if there is a delay in repairing the defective meter and also non-response by call centre.
