10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : September 29

All the above statements are correct.

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• It has financial outlay of around Rs.25,000 crore out of which Central Government share will be Rs.18,636 crore and state share will be Rs.6,424 crore.
• It covers internal security, law and order, women security, availability of modern weapons, mobility of police forces, upgradation of police wireless, logistics support, National Satellite Network, CCTNS project, hiring of helicopters and E-prison project.
• Central budget outlay of Rs.10,132 crore has been earmarked specially for internal security related expenditure for Jammu & Kashmir, North Eastern States and left wing extremism (LWE) affected States.

Statement 1 is correct. Bitcoin is an electronic or digital currency that works on a peer-to-peer basis.

Statement 2 is incorrect: It is an electronic or digital currency that works on a peer-to-peer basis. This means that it is decentralised and has no central authority controlling it. Like currency notes, it can be sent from one person to another, but without a central bank or the government attempting to track it. The system depends on cryptography to control the creation of the currency.

Statement 3 is correct. Unocoin is a Bengaluru-based company that allows users to buy, sell, store or use bitcoins

Statement 1 is correct. The Bill amends the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 to extend the deadline for teachers to acquire the prescribed minimum qualifications for appointment.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The RTE Act, 2009 envisages free and compulsory elementary education to   every child in the age group of 6-14 yrs

An expert committee headed by former Lok Sabha secretary general TK Viswanathan to deal with cybercrimes especially online hate speech has submitted its report to Union Home Ministry. The committee was formed after Supreme Court struck down Section 66 A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 in Shreya Singhal vs. Union of India. Section 66 A of IT Act was added to criminalize sending of offensive messages through a computer or other communication devices.

The committee has recommended appointing cybercrime coordinators in all states and establishing cybercrime cells in each district. They will deal with those fomenting trouble or spreading hate against anybody on rounds of religion, race, caste or community, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, language, place of birth or residence, disability or tribe through any means of communication.

Statement 1 is correct. VVPAT machines can be regarded as an independent verification system as it (i) allows voters to verify that their votes are cast correctly, (ii) detects possible election fraud or malfunction and (iii) Provides a means to audit the stored electronic results.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The usage of VVPAT machines of the Election Commission is expected to ensure free and fair elections. In the VVPAT system, when a voter presses the button for a candidate of his choice in the electronic voting machines (EVM), a paper ballot containing the serial number, the name of the candidate and poll symbol will be printed for the voter. The voters will be able to view the voter-verifiable paper audit trail slip for seven seconds after which it will get deposited in a sealed box. But cannot it take away for personal records.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The NDMA is apex statutory body for disaster management in India under aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Its provisions are envisaged in Disaster Management Act, 2005 and was established in 2009.

Statement 2 is correct. The NDMA is headed by the Prime Minister of India.

Mascon is a region with higher-than-average gravitational pull on the surface of the Moon. Mascons affect a spacecraft’s orbit over time, and even cause it to have crashed into the moon.