31 July 2021 Current Affairs Quiz

Answer: D
All the statements are correct

Answer: C
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
· The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 replaced the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 to comprehensively address children in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection.
· The Act changes the nomenclature from ‘juvenile’ to ‘child’ or ‘child in conflict with law’.
· Also, it removes the negative connotation associated with the word “juvenile”.
· It also includes several new and clear definitions such as orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children; and petty, serious and heinous offences committed by children.
· The 2015 law also included special provisions to tackle child offenders committing heinous offences in the age group of 16-18 years.
· It mandates setting up Juvenile Justice Boards and Child Welfare Committees in every district. Both must have at least one-woman member each.
· A separate new chapter on Adoption to streamline adoption procedures for an orphan, abandoned and surrendered children,
· Also, the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) was granted the status of a statutory body to enable it to perform its function more effectively.
All Child Care Institutions, whether run by State Government or by voluntary or non-governmental organisations are to be mandatorily registered under the Act within 6 months from the date of commencement of the Act.

Answer: A

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
· Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is the statutory authority in charge of the waterways in India, constituted under IWAI Act-1985 and headquartered in Noida, UP.
· It does the function of building the necessary infrastructure in these waterways, surveying the economic feasibility of new projects and also administration.
· The Authority primarily undertakes projects for development and maintenance of Inland Waterway Terminal infrastructure on National Waterways through grant received from Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Road Transport and Highways.

Answer: D

Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA)
· The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008 established the Statutory body – Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA).
· AERA was established to ensure that private airport operators do not misuse their monopoly, the need for an independent tariff regulator in the airport sector was felt.
· AERA regulates tariffs and other charges for aeronautical services provided at civilian airports with annual traffic above 15 lakh passengers.
· It also monitors the performance standard of services across these airports

Ans;- b) Only 2

About DCGI

• Drugs Controller General of India is a department of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization of the Government of India responsible for approval of licenses of specified categories of drugs such as blood and blood products, IV fluids, vaccines, and sera in India.
• Drugs Controller General of India, comes under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
• DCGI also sets standards for manufacturing, sales, import, and distribution of drugs in India.
• DCGI lays down the standard and quality of manufacturing, selling, import and distribution of drugs in India.
• Acting as appellate authority in case of any dispute regarding the quality of drugs.
• Preparation and maintenance of national reference standard.
• To bring about the uniformity in the enforcement of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
• Training of Drug Analysts deputed by State Drug Control Laboratories and other Institutions
• Analysis of Cosmetics received as survey samples from CDSCO (central drug standard control organisation)
• With the notification of Medical Device Rules 2017 by the Government of India, DCGI will also act as Central Licensing Authority (CLA) for the medical devices which fall under the purview of these rules. Out of four Classes of medical devices from Class A to Class D, DCGI will be the direct licensing authority for Class C and Class D devices, whereas it will coordinate licensing for Class A and B devices through State drug controllers, who will act as State Licensing Authority or SLA.
• DCGI heads the Indian drug regulatory body the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), whose functions include ensuring the quality of drugs and cosmetics sold in the country, approval of new drugs and regulating clinical trials.
• The central government have established 6 zonal offices of CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, various Sub-Zonal offices and Port offices, which works in close collaboration with the state control administration and assist them in securing uniform enforcement of the Drug Act.