Economic and Social Development - 3

All those who are responsible for tax deduction at source or tax collection at source have to apply for and obtain a tax deduction and collection account number, a 10 character alpha-numeric number, which is required to be quoted on transactions involving TDS/TCS.

Agricultural land is outside the purview of wealth tax.

In pursuance of the Government's vision of creating slum-free India, a new scheme of Rajiv Aawas Yojana (RAY) was launched on 2^nd June, 2011. The scheme aims at providing support to states that are willing to assign property rights to slum dwellers.

Kerala has gained the position of being the state with the lowest maternal mortality rate in the country. The maternal mortality rate stands at 66 per one lakh live births according to the 2010-12 Sample Registration Survey report published by the Centre, Health Minister V S Sivakumar said.“It was 81 per one lakh live births in 2007-09. As per the latest report, Kerala has shown a drop of 19 per cent from 2007-09,” the Minister said.

Option (4) is the correct answer.
Dearness allowance is calculated as a percentage of an Indian citizen's basic salary to mitigate the impact of inflation on people. Initially, DA was given in response to demand of employees for wage revision, however later it was linked to Consumer Price Index. 

Kisan Call Centres were established with the primary objective of providing agriculture-related consultancy services to farmers. They offer expert advice on crop problems, pest management, and best practices through a toll-free number, acting as a crucial link between agricultural scientists and farming communities.

The Cotton Industry in India is the most labor-oriented among the given options. It employs millions of workers, especially in manual picking, ginning, and processing. Cotton has high labor intensity in both cultivation and processing stages, making it more labor-dependent than industries like iron and steel, jute, or cement which are more capital-intensive.

The headquarters of SIDBI are at Ashok Marg, Lucknow

The Forward Market Commission (FMC) is the chief regulator of commodity future markets in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai and this financial regulatory agency is overseen by the Ministry of Finance.

Aadhar, or the 12-digit unique identification (UID) number that will identify the 1.2 billion residents of the country on the basis of their biometrics, has additional four digits that are hidden from the common man.

It is a scheme for the rural landless households, wherein the head of rural landless families or one earning member in such a family will be insured.

Option (1) is the correct answer.

Option (3) is correct.

In India, taxes on income other than agriculture income fall within the jurisdiction of Union List, but taxes on agricultural income fall within the jurisdiction of State List.

The Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74) explicitly adopted poverty alleviation as a primary objective for the first time in India's planning history. It introduced programs like the Rural Works Programme and focused on redistributive policies. Earlier plans prioritized industrialization and agriculture over direct poverty intervention.

Keeping the budgetary deficit under control is a direct monetary policy tool that reduces government borrowing from the market, leaving more funds available for private sector and reducing demand-pull inflation. The other options are long-term structural measures.

Option (3) is the correct answer.

Both the given statements are perfectly correct.

Privatisation means reducing government share to 49% or below 49%, thereby transferring control to private stakeholders.