Current Affairs Quiz 15 June 2022

Answer: B

Answer : c
• SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation.
• One of it’s main goal is to move towards the establishment of a democratic, fair and rational new international political and economic order.    
• It comprises of 8 member states, 4 observer states and 6 dialogue partners.

Answer: C

About Nanhi Pari Programme
• ‘Nanhi Pari’ is a scheme to provide a one-stop solution to parents, eliminating their need to visit various offices to obtain documents.
• The programme aims to complete essential services such as provision of a birth certificate, Aadhaar card registration, and opening a bank account for girls delivered in government hospitals in the district before mother and baby are discharged.
• It aims to get registration for schemes for girl children and motherssuch as the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, the Ladli scheme, and  Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana done at the hospital itself.
• The basic objective of most of these schemes is to protect the life of the girl child and to provide a safe environment and education facilities for them. 

Significance of the Programme
• The programme makes the procedure of applying for schemes as simple as possible for both children and moms;
• Parents would no longer have to go from one place to another in order to apply for important programmes.
• The programme also strives to promote institutional deliveries in addition to ensuring that schemes reach their intended recipients and preserving the rights of girls.
• This will reduce the maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate.

Answer: B

What is the Agnipath scheme?
• Under the new scheme, around 45,000 to 50,000 soldiers will be recruited annually, and most will leave the service in just four years.
• Of the total annual recruits, only 25 per cent will be allowed to continue for another 15 years under permanent commission.
• The move will make the permanent force levels much leaner for the over 13-lakh strong armed forces in the country.
• This will, in turn, considerably reduce the defence pension bill, which has been a major concern for governments for many years.

What is the eligibility criteria?
• The new system is only for personnel below officer ranks (those who do not join the forces as commissioned officers).
• Under the Agnipath scheme, aspirants between the ages of 17.5 years and 21 years will be eligible to apply.
• The recruitment standards will remain the same, and recruitment will be done twice a year through rallies.

Ans. D

National Statistical Office (NSO) launched Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) on
April 2017.
The objective of PLFS is primarily twofold:

• To estimate the key employment and unemployment indicators in the short time interval of three months for the urban areas only in the Current Weekly Status (CWS)

• to estimate employment and unemployment indicators in both usual status (ps+ss) and CWS in both rural and urban areas annually.

Definitions:
• Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR): LFPR is defined as the percentage of
persons in labour force (i.e. working or seeking or available for work) in the
population.

• Worker Population Ratio (WPR): WPR is defined as the percentage of employed persons in the population.

• Unemployment Rate (UR): UR is defined as the percentage of persons unemployed among the persons in the labour force.