10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : January 16, 2019

Statement 1 is Incorrect- The FASTag employs Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) technology and is affixed on the vehicle’s windscreen after the tag account is active.

Statement 2 is Incorrect- the GST e-way bill system is likely to be integrated with NHAI FASTag mechanism from April to help track movement of goods and check GST evasion. “Integration of e-way bill with FASTag would help find the location of the vehicle and when and how many times it has crossed NHAI toll plazas

Statements 1 is correct – GST Council makes  recommendations to the Union and State Government on issues related to Goods and Service Tax. The GST Council is chaired by the Union Finance Minister and other members are the Union State Minister of Revenue or Finance and Ministers in-charge of Finance or Taxation of all the States.

Statements 2 is Incorrect – GST Council is a constitutional body.

Statements 3 is Incorrect -The GST Council in its meeting on January 10 had decided to set up a GoM after it failed to reach a consensus on a proposal to cut GST rate on real estate to 5 percent from existing 12 percent while blocking input tax credit for building. The slowdown in the realty sector was referred to as one of the reasons for subdued GST collections by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.Currently, GST is levied at 12 per cent on payments made for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate has not been issued at the time of sale.

Odisha government has come up with a support scheme whose primary targets are small farmers, cultivators and landless agricultural labourers, called KALIA(Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation). The scheme involves payments to encourage cultivation and associated activities mainly to accelerate agricultural prosperity and to reduce poverty.

Statement 1 is incorrect- The Airports Authority of India or AAI is a statutory body (created through the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994) working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India

Statement 2 is correct- The Airports Authority of India (AAI) imposed a ban on single-use plastic items at its 129 airports across the country.Single-use plastic items are used only once and then thrown in the trash. Various steps have been undertaken to eliminate single-use plastic items at passenger terminals and city side. These steps include banning of single-use plastic items like straws, plastic cutlery, plastic plates etc .

Statement 1 is correct- To avail input tax credit one must come under GST. Under composition scheme no input tax credit can be claimed.

Statement 2 is incorrect- Recently government raised the composition scheme limit to Rs 1.5 crore from Rs 1 crore

Statement 1 is correct – Under the 124th Constitutional amendment, the HRD Ministry has decided that from this year itself the quota for EWS category will be applicable.

Statement 2 is correct – Institutions run by the Centre will have to increase their student strength by almost 25 per cent in order to accommodate the EWS reservation without affecting the current number of SC, ST, OBC and general category seats.

Statement 3 is incorrect – 93rd Constitutional amendment, which paved the way for quota in private institutes, came in 2006 when the UPA was in power.

Statement 1 is correct – The reservation ensures the social and economic justice of the people.

Statement 2 is incorrect – Fundamental duties are the non-justiciable obligation of people.

Statement 1 is correct – For the first time since 2010, slightly more than half (50.5%) of all children in Class 5 can read a Class 2 text book, up from 46.9% in 2012. Also, the proportion of children in Class 5 who can do simple division has gone up from 24.9% in 2012 to 27.9% in 2018. For Class 3, reading levels — ability to read Class 2 text books — have been inching up since the low of 2010 (19.5%), and are now at 27.2%.

Statement 2 is correct – In Kerala, which tops in Class 5 reading levels with 77.5%, up from 69.4% in 2016, the growth is largely led by state-run schools — 10% rise in reading levels in government schools compared to 7.3% in private schools.

Statement 3 is correct – ASER report is released by NGO Pratham to measure the learning outcomes.

Education is covered in

Article 21A – Fundamental Right

Article 45 – DPSP

Article 51A(k) – Fundamental Duty

Education is mentioned in 11th and 12th schedule for panchayats and municipal bodies.

Statement 1 is correct – the Global Aviation Summit 2019, organised jointly by the Civil Aviation Ministry, the Airports Authority of India and FICCI.

Statement 2 and 3 are correct- It was held in Mumbai and had theme Flying for all.