11 December 2021 Current Affairs Quiz

Both the statements are incorrect

Pharmaceutical industry in India
The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry has witnessed robust growth over the past few years.
Indian medicines are preferred worldwide, thereby rightly making the country the “Pharmacy of the World”.
Major Segments of Pharmaceutical Industry are Generic drugs, OTC Medicines and API/Bulk Drugs, Vaccines, Contract Research & Manufacturing, Biosimilars & Biologics.
Pharma sector currently contributes to around 1.72% of the country’s GDP
The country now ranks 3rd worldwide by volume of production and 14th by value, thereby accounting for around 10% of the world’s production by volume and 1.5% by value.
Indian exports are destined to more than 200 countries around the globe including highly regulated markets of the US, West Europe, Japan and Australia.
FDI policy : Up to 100%, FDI has been allowed through automatic route for Greenfield pharmaceuticals projects. For Brownfield pharmaceuticals projects, FDI allowed is up to 74% through automatic route and beyond that through government approval.

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
It is a flagship scheme of the Government of India, launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 22nd January 2015 in Haryana to arrest the declining Child Sex Ratio and related issues of empowerment of Women over a lifecycle continuum.
It’s a convergent initiative of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Human Resource Development.
It is implemented by states with 100% central assistance.
Under, BBBP scheme there is no provision of direct benefit transfer.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India
It is a statutory public body constituted in 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance.
It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA)
The NHRC is responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights, defined by the act as “Rights Relating to Life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in the international covenants and enforceable by courts in India.
Functions of NHRC:
Proactively or reactively inquire into violations of human rights by government of India or negligence of such violation by a public servant
The protection of human rights and recommend measures for their effective implementation
Review the factors, including acts of terrorism that inhibit the enjoyment of human rights and recommend appropriate remedial measures
The chairman and members are appointed by the President on the recommendations of a six-member committee consisting of the Prime Minister as its head, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, leaders of the Opposition in both the Houses of Parliament and the Union Home Minister.

Role and Function
It has all the powers of a civil court and its proceedings have a judicial character.
It is empowered to utilise the services of any officer or investigation agency of the Central government or any state government for the purpose of investigating complaints of human rights violation.
It can look into a matter within one year of its occurrence, i.e the Commission is not empowered to inquire into any matter after the expiry of one year from the date on which the act constituting violation of human rights is alleged to have been committed.

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
It is a pan India Central Sector Scheme launched in the year 2020.
Aim: To provide a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and financial support.
Duration: Extended to 13 years (FY2020 to FY2032).
Intended beneficiaries: Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), Marketing Cooperative Societies, Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), Self Help Group (SHG), Farmers, Multipurpose Cooperative Societies, Agri-entrepreneurs, Startups, Aggregation Infrastructure Providers and Central/State agency or Local Body sponsored PPP Project.
Finances: Rs.1 Lakh Crore will be provided by banks and financial institutions as loans to eligible beneficiaries.
All loans under this financing facility will have an interest subvention of 3% per annum up to a limit of Rs. 2 crores.

Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy and can lead to avoidance of childbirth. It can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary is morbid fear of childbirth in a woman, who has no previous experience of pregnancy.