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Indian Government Organisations and Roles

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Indian government organisations and roles questions test knowledge of various ministries, agencies, and constitutional bodies. Topics include disaster management, census operations, and regulatory authorities. This material is highly relevant for civil services and state administrative examinations.

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Indian Government Organisations and Roles Questions

Multiple choice

As per the provisions of the Food Security Act, the responsibility to identify the beneficiaries and implement the program under the Targeted Public Distribution Scheme rests with

  1. Planning Commission

  2. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

  3. State Government

  4. Food Corporation of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, the responsibility for identifying beneficiaries and implementing the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) rests with State Governments. The Act provides a framework, but states have the flexibility to identify eligible households based on socio-economic criteria. This federal approach allows states to account for regional variations in poverty and food security needs.

Multiple choice

Which organization among the following releases GDP data in India?

  1. Finance Commission

  2. Planning Commission

  3. National Sample Survey Office

  4. Central Statistical Office
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Central Statistical Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) is responsible for releasing GDP data in India. The Finance Commission recommends fiscal transfers, the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) was involved in planning, and NSSO conducts surveys but does not release GDP estimates.

Multiple choice

The administrative control of Forward Markets Commission (FMC), the chief regulator of Forwards and Futures Commodity Markets in India, has been transferred to the Ministry of Finance from which ministry/department by an order of the Government of India?

  1. Ministry of Commerce

  2. Planning Commission

  3. SEBI

  4. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Forward Markets Commission (FMC), which regulated India's commodity futures markets, was under the administrative control of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. In 2013-2014, the Government of India transferred FMC's control to the Ministry of Finance. Later, in 2015, FMC was merged with SEBI to create a unified regulatory framework for both securities and commodity markets.

Multiple choice

Since the commencement of business from 1st April 2003, Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. (AIC), has been overseeing the implementation and administration of crop insurance schemes in India. Under which scheme is AIC undertaking crop-insurance in India?

  1. CCIS

  2. NAIS

  3. FFIS

  4. ECIS
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) is being implemented by Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AIC). It provides coverage against crop losses due to natural calamities, pests, and diseases, and is available for all food crops, oilseeds, and annual commercial/horticultural crops.

Multiple choice

Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), set up by the Finance Ministry to suggest measures to prevent economic offences among other things, is

  1. a constitutional body

  2. a permanent body

  3. an advisory body

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) was an advisory body (not constitutional or permanent) set up by the Finance Ministry in 2013 to recommend measures for preventing economic offences and simplifying tax administration. It submitted its report in 2014.

Multiple choice

The National Mission on Libraries was set on the recommendation of

  1. National Knowledge Commission

  2. National Council for Educational Research and Training

  3. Kothari Education Commission

  4. University Grants Commission
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) in its Report to the Nation (2006-2009) made ten major recommendations on libraries. In pursuance of this, a High Level Committee to be called as National Mission on Libraries (NML) has been set up by the Government of India The composition of the Committee, terms of reference, tenure, management support and method of operation have been elaborated in the Gazette of India (Part I Section I Number 20) issued by the Government on 4th May, 2012. Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, will be the nodal agency for the National Mission on Libraries for administrative, logistics, planning and budgeting purposes.

Multiple choice

Which of the following facts about the National Council on AIDS (NCA) are true?

  1. The National Council on AIDS was constituted as a multi-sectoral response mechanism to fight the spread of HIV-AIDS across India.
  2. A retired judge of the Supreme Court presides over the council, and has a term of 2 years.
  3. Members of civil society, private sector, PLHA networks and government departments, all play a crucial role in this organization.

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. All three
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In order to reiterate the Government's multi-sectoral response to prevent the spread of HIV and to facilitate a strong multi-sectoral response to combat it effectively, a National Council on AIDS (NCA) has been constituted, under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Prime Minister with representation of 33 ministries and departments. Private sector, civil society organisation, PLHA networks and government departments would all play crucial role in prevention, care, support, treatment and service delivery.

  1. 1, 2 and 3

  2. 2, 3 and 4

  3. 1, 2, 3 and 4

  4. 1, 3 and 4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Centrally-sponsored Scheme for Construction of Hostels for OBC Boys and Girls is being implemented since 1998-99 to address the problem of educational backwardness of OBCs.

Agencies eligible for financial assistance under the revised Scheme will be as follows:-

(i) State Governments and UT Administrations;
(ii) Institutions or organizations set up by the Central Government as autonomous bodies under a statute (e.g. Central Universities, IIT, NIT, etc.) or as Societies under the Registration of Societies Act, 1860, or otherwise; (iii) Well-established NGOs with a good track record in implementation of development schemes for OBCs, especially in the education sector. These organizations should have been registered for at least two years at the time of applying for grant under the Scheme.

Multiple choice

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has been established by

  1. an Act of the Parliament

  2. a Statute

  3. an Executive Order of the Central Government

  4. an Ordinance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001, Bureau of Energy Efficiency has been established with effect from 1st March, 2002 by merging the erstwhile Energy Management Centre, a society under the Ministry of Power. The Bureau would be responsible for spearheading the improvement of energy efficiency of the economy through various regulatory and promotional instruments.

Multiple choice

Which one of the following is not a Financial Committee of the Parliament of India?

  1. Public Accounts Committee

  2. Estimates Committee

  3. Finance Commission

  4. Committee on Public Undertakings
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The three Financial Committees of Parliament are the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Estimates Committee, and Committee on Public Undertakings (COPU). The Finance Commission is NOT a parliamentary committee - it is a constitutional body established under Article 280 to recommend financial relations between the Centre and States, appointed every five years.

Multiple choice

The Planning Commission is

  1. an advisory body

  2. a ministry

  3. a government department

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Planning Commission is an institution in the Government of India, which formulates India's Five Year Plans, among other functions.