10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : November 30

Statement 1 is incorrect. Mount Agung  is a volcano in Bali, Indonesia, southeast of Mt Batur volcano, also in Bali.Gunung Agung is an  active volcano, with a large and deep crater that occasionally emits smoke and ash.

Statement 2 is correct.  It is also called Gunung Agung. Gunung Agung stratovolcano is the highest point on Bali. It is an active volcano.

Statement 1 is correct. To monitor Revised National Tuberculosis Programme (RNTCP) effectively, a web enabled and case based monitoring application called NIKSHAY has been developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).

Statement 2 is incorrect. Its main function is to monitoring of TB Patients Treatment.

Statement 1 is incorrect as the first edition of the International Symposium to Promote Innovation & Research in Energy Efficiency (INSPIRE 2017) has started in Jaipur, Rajasthan on November 27, 2017.
Statement 2 is correct as INSPIRE 2017 is a global conference which aims to bring together various stakeholders like policy makers, innovators, financiers to showcase best practices in the sector. It is designed to provide global and national thought-leaders and implementers to expand perspectives on energy efficiency.

Statement 1 is correct as the purpose of IHMI is to reduce disability and death related to Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in India.

Statement 2 is correct as the initiative seeks to improve control of high blood pressure (hypertension), cut salt consumption and eliminate artificial trans-fats regarded as leading risk factors for CVD

For providing additional funds for research and related infrastructure, Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA), has started its operations. Thus, statement 1 is correct.

RBI has granted a license under the RBI Act for HEFA to operate as NBFC on 21stNovember 2017 and to leverage the equity to mobilise money from market as per the requirements of the institutions. Thus, statement 2 is correct.

The HEFA is a novel method of funding the premier institutions by using the instrument of ‘securitising the future flows’. Under this, each institution agrees to escrow a specific amount from their internally earned resources (not govt grants) to HEFA. This forms basis for a credit line which can be used by the institution for creating the required capital and research assets. The Principal portion is repaid from the escrowed amount and the interest is met by Govt. For the institution, this is an interest-free amount and gives facility to the institution to build the required research infrastructure of world class.  

In the Tenth five year plan the central government started focussing more on its objective and relaunched it. Tenth five year plan linked ICDS to Anganwadi centres established mainly in rural areas and staffed with frontline workers. Thus, statement 1 is incorrect.

In addition to fighting malnutrition and ill health, the programme is also intended to combat gender inequality by providing girls the same resources as boys. Thus, statement 2 is correct.

A 2005 study found that the ICDS programme was not particularly effective in reducing malnutrition, largely because of implementation problems and because the poorest states had received the least coverage and funding. During the 2012–13 fiscal year, the Indian central government spent 159 billion (US$2.5 billion) on the programme. The widespread network of ICDS has an important role in combating malnutrition especially for children of weaker groups.