10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : January 7, 2019

The “Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik” (UDAN) scheme aims to stimulate regional connectivity with flights covering distances up to 800 km through a market-based mechanism. The scheme UDAN envisages providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports. The scheme is a component of the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP)

The Act is aimed at stopping economic offenders who leave the country to avoid legal process. Offences involving amounts of Rs 100 crore and above fall under the purview of this law. These offences are those defined under the Indian Penal Code, SEBI Act, Customs Act, Companies Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, Limited Liability Partnership Act, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. A special FEOA court can order the confiscation of a FEO’s properties, including which are benami.

It is a situated multipurpose project on the Godavari River. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

The project had recently bagged the Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) award for speedy execution of Polavaram multipurpose project and best implementation of water resources project for better planning, implementation and monitoring. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and all State Public Service Commission’s either have constitutional however the SSC is the only such organisation that performs similar functions does not enjoy statutory status.

The SSC was created to ease the burden of the UPSC by taking over the recruitment for posts below the Group ‘A’ level

The workload and responsibilities of the SSC have increased and it has remained an “attached body” under the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), and has to depend entirely on the government for all its needs, with no autonomy.

What are Rare Diseases?

• A rare disease is a health condition which has a low prevalence and affects a small number of people. Rare diseases include genetic diseases, rare cancers, infectious tropical diseases and degenerative diseases.
• They are chronic, debilitating, life threatening and often result in some form of handicap. Patients have often taken the government to court on this, because treatment of rare diseases is long, specialized and expensive.
• There are many different causes of rare diseases. The majority are thought to be genetic, directly caused by changes in genes or chromosomes. In some cases, genetic changes that cause disease are passed from one generation to the next. In other cases, they occur randomly in a person who is the first in a family to be diagnosed.
• Many rare diseases, including infections, some rare cancers, and some autoimmune diseases, are not inherited. While researchers are learning more each year, the exact cause of many rare diseases is still unknown.

Section 34(1) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 mandates reservation of not less than four percent of the total number of vacancies in Government Establishments for persons with benchmark disabilities.

Section 34(1) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is applicable to all establishments irrespective of areas of work unless they are exempted from the said provision.