1. Which of the following states has launched Charan Paduka initiative for migrant labourers?
a. Maharashtra
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Assam
S-b
EXPLANATION-
• Madhya Pradesh government has launched “Charan Paduka” campaign the for the migrant labourers moving through the state.
• Under this campaign, shoes and slippers will be offered to those labourers going barefoot in order to reduce their pain.
• The campaign is being conducted by the police at most of the places in the state, starting from the Rau Police Station of Indore.
• It aims to send the labourers to their homes respectfully amid COVID-19.
2. The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth has listed Khudol (gift) among the top 10 global initiatives for an inclusive fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. It is related to which Indian state?
a. Manipur
b. Mizoram
c. Assam
d. Madhya Pradesh
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth has listed Manipur’s Khudol (gift) among the top 10 global initiatives for an inclusive fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Khudol is a crowdfunded initiative of Ya_All, an Imphal-based NGO that had created India’s first transgender football team. The initiative entails ensuring food, health and hygiene of the LGBTQI+ community, people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, children and adolescents.
• They have provided around 2,000 families and individuals with over 1,000 health kits, 6,500 sanitary pads and 1,500 condoms.
• Ya_All was founded in 2017. It is the first co-working and networking space owned and run by queer individuals in India.
• Ya_All created a model of an inclusive safe space for transgender returnees. The organisation teamed up with the local Thangmeiband United Club and Imphal West district administration to set provide separate rooms and toilets for transgender persons besides a ramp for the differently-abled at a quarantine centre in Imphal’s DM College of Teacher’s Education.
3. Under the Atama Nirbbhar Bharat package, the borrowing limits of states from 3 per cent to what?
a. 5%
b. 7%
c. 8%
d. 9%
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• The Centre has increased the borrowing limits of states from 3 per cent to 5 per cent for 2020-21, giving the states an extra resource of Rs 4.28 lakh crores.
4. When did India enter its Lockdown 4.0 phase?
a. 18 May 2020-31 May 2020
b. 14 May 2020-30 May 2020
c. 17 May 2020-31 May 2020
d. 1 May 2020-31 May 2020
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Lockdown 1.0-The central government had imposed a nationwide lockdown from 25 March 2020 to 14 April 2020 to curb the spreading pandemic COVID-19.
• Lockdown 2.0- This Lockdown was subsequently extended from 15 April 2020 to 3 May 2020. Lockdown 3.0 The Lockdown was subsequently extended from 4 May 2020 till 17 May 2020 with the government easing the restrictions. All the districts in the country have been divided into red, orange, and green zones by the Union Health Ministry. Red are the hot spots and green zones have not seen any positive COVID 19 case for the last 21 days.
• Lockdown 4.0- 18 May 2020-31 May 2020
5. Which of the following is the one nation-one digital platform launched by Union HRD Minister?
a. DIKSHA
b. PARIKSHA
c. BHIKSHA
d. BHUMI
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• DIKSHA is the one nation-one digital platform which will now become the nation’s digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content in school education for all the states/UTs.
• The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in association with National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) have launched an initiative in the domain of digital learning, named, DIKSHA.
• The aim of this initiative is to help teachers and the students to continue their studies as usual, however, through different mode.
