Current Affairs Quiz 21 June 2023

Answer: A
• To formulate the GST regulations, the government has appointed a GST Council that consists of 33 members, headed by the Union Finance Minister.

• Decisions in the council are taken by the majority of 3/4th members.

Correct Answer : D

Correct Answer : C

About National Commission for Backward Classes

• 102nd Constitution Amendment Act, 2018 provides constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
• It has the power to look into welfare claims and programmes for socially and academically disadvantaged groups.
• Prior to this, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment was responsible for the NCBC as a statutory organisation.

Background of NCBC

• Two Backward Class Commissions were appointed in 1950s and 1970s under Kaka Kalelkar and B.P. Mandal respectively.
  • Kaka Kalelkar commission is also known as the First Backward Classes Commission.
• The Supreme Court ordered the government to establish a permanent committee to consider, investigate, and recommend the inclusion and exclusion of various Backward Classes for the purpose of benefits and protection in the Indra Sawhney case of 1992.
• The National Commission for Backward Classes Act, passed by parliament in 1993 in accordance with these directives, established the NCBC.
• The 123rd Constitution Amendment bill of 2017 was presented in Parliament in order to better protect the interests of underprivileged groups.
  • The National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993, was repealed by a different law that was approved by Parliament, making the 1993 Act obsolete.
• The bill got the President assent in August 2018 and provided the constitutional status to NCBC.

Correct Answer : C

About UN High Seas Treaty:

• The UN High Seas Treaty is the first-ever treaty to protect the world’s oceans outside national boundaries.
• It is also referred to as the ‘Paris Agreement for the Ocean’.
• The treaty is legally binding and aims to protect marine life in international waters.
• Its goal is to establish protected areas covering 30% of the seas by 2030, a pledge made by countries at the UN biodiversity conference in 2022.
• The treaty provides a legal framework for creating marine protected areas (MPAs) to safeguard wildlife and share genetic resources of the high seas.
• It covers environmental assessments to evaluate potential damage from commercial activities, like deep-sea mining.
• The treaty establishes a conference of the parties (CoP) that meets periodically to hold member states accountable for governance and biodiversity issues.
• Signatories of the treaty pledge to share ocean resources.
• The UN High Seas Treaty is built on the legacy of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the last international agreement on ocean protection signed in 1982. UNCLOS established an area called the high seas.

Ans;- b) Only 3

Explanation;-

• India celebrated its 73rd Republic Day today
• Republic Day is a national holiday in India.
• It honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India and thus, turning the nation into a newly formed republic.

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