Daily Quiz #54 UPSC Prelims Marathon – January 6, 2020

Explanation: The third Khelo India youth games will be held in Guwahati between 10th and 22nd JanuaryThese are the national level multidisciplinary grassroots level games held as a part of Khelo India programme. It was launched in 2017 by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level and achieve sporting excellence. Under the scheme, talented players identified in priority sports disciplines are provided financial assistance of INR 5 lakh per annum for 8 years to prepare them for the international sporting events.

Explanation: To overcome the inconvenience over multiple helpline numbers for grievances and enquiry during railway travel, Indian Railway has integrated railway helplines into single number 139 for the passengers for quick grievance redressal and enquiry during their journey. As the new helpline number 139 will take over all the existing helpline numbers (except 182), it will be easy for the passengers to remember this number and connect with Railways for all their needs during the travel.

Explanation: Lado Campaign is an innovative flagship programme of the Government of Madhya Pradesh aiming at eradicating child marriages, in mission mode through preventive and proactive measures throughout the year, actively involving the community, especially children as agents of change. The focus of the campaign is on bringing all line departments and community on a single platform; enhancing capacities of implementers, core members, service providers and community; nurturing and mentoring children as change agents; effectively using communication tools thereby strengthening social accountability and acceptance of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act(PCMA) 2006, by the community.

Explanation: The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 is a National Mission document providing the vision and the roadmap for the faster adoption of electric vehicles and their manufacturing in the country. As part of the NEMMP 2020, Department of Heavy Industry formulated a Scheme viz. Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in the year 2015 to promote manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicle technology and to ensure sustainable growth of the same.

Explanation: Maharashtra Government has launched a ‘Cyber Safe Women’ initiative under which awareness camps will be held across all the districts of the state regarding cyber safety. In a statement, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said the initiative will help in educating women about how the web is used by anti-social elements and child predators to commit various types of crimes.