Daily Current Affairs (MCQ) | Date 11.01.22

Q1. Consider the following statements

1. Civil registration may include registration of birth, death and marriage
2. Marriage registration is compulsory in India under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (RBD Act)

Which among the following statements is/are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer : a

Why is the Question ?

Amendments that are unnecessary
 The Central government had invited comments on the proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (RBD Act). One major proposal is to prepare a national database of registered births and deaths.
 This is intended to be used to update, for every birth and death, the databases created in accordance with many other laws, such as the National Population Register, voter list and the Aadhaar database.

 Under the RBD Act, it is the responsibility of the States to register births and deaths. State governments have set up facilities for registering births and deaths and keeping records.
 A Chief Registrar appointed in every State is the executive authority for the implementation of the Act. A hierarchy of officials at the district and lower levels do the work.
 The Registrar General of India (RGI), appointed under this Act, is responsible for coordinating and unifying the implementation of the RBD Act.

Need to look forward
1. Activities relating to the registration of births and deaths have undergone a sea change in the last decade with computerisation. However, the law has not been amended to take care of this reality.
2. There is a need for updating the law to take care of these and future developments. The proposed amendments fall short of this.

3. A bill was introduced in Parliament in 2012 to amend the RBD Act to include marriage registration in its purview and to make registration of marriages compulsory. It lapsed as it was not taken up by the Lok Sabha.
4. The Law Commission examined the issue again and recommended in its Report No. 270 that the RBD Act may be amended for including marriage registration. Instead of going for another amendment for this purpose, it should have been taken care of within the current proposals.

Q2. Which of the following states are party to the Krishna River Water Dispute?

1. Maharashtra
2. Karnataka
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Telangana

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer : d

Why is the Question ?

Two SC judges pull out of Krishna water case
1. Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna of the Supreme Court recused himself from hearing a dispute among the neighbouring States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on the allocation of the Krishna river water.
2. Justice Chandrachud is from Maharashtra and Justice Bopanna hails from Karnataka.
3. Karnataka had sought the vacation of a November 16, 2011, order of the Supreme Court that stopped the Centre from publishing in the Official Gazette the final order of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II (KWDT) pronounced in December 2010, allocating the river water to Karnataka, erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

4. The KWDT had further modified its final order and report on November 29, 2013, to allot surplus water to Karnataka, Maharashtra and the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh while preserving the allocation of 2,130 TMC already made among them.
5. The publication of the tribunal order is a necessary precondition for its implementation. Following the bifurcation of unified Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh had moved the Supreme Court challenging the KWDT’s allocation of share.

Q3. “Water, Irrigation and Canal, Water development and storage” is a subject of

a. State List
b. Union List
c. ConCurrent List
d. Residuary List

Answer : a

Why is the Question ?

Q4. Which of the following committees are Financial committees?

1. The Committee on Estimates
2. The Committee on Public Accounts
3. The Committee on Subordinate Legislation
4. The Committee on Public Undertakings

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer : d

Why is the Question ?

MHA seeks more time to frame CAA rules

1. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought another extension from parliamentary committees in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha to frame the rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019.
2. An official in the Rajya Sabha confirmed that the Ministry had made a request to the Committee on Subordinate Legislation.
3. Without the rules being framed, the Act cannot be implemented.
4. As per the Manual on Parliamentary Work, in case the Ministries/departments are not able to frame the rules within the prescribed period of six months after a law is passed, “they should seek an extension of time from the Committee on Subordinate Legislation stating reasons for such extension” which cannot be more than three months at a time
5. The CAA was passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019, and it received assent from the President on December 12. In January 2020, the Ministry notified that the Act will come into force from January 10, 2020.
6. The CAA provides citizenship on the basis of religion to six undocumented non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.
7. It exempts the members of the six communities from any criminal case under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Passport Act, 1920 if they entered India before December 31, 2014.

Committee on Subordinate Legislation:
The major function of this committee is to examine the rules and regulations enacted by the executive to fill the gaps in the laws enacted by the parliament and report how far these rules are within limits prescribed in the main law.
Finance Committees
The Committee on Estimates, the Committee on Public Accounts, the Committee on Public Undertakings, These three fall under the heading of Finance Committees.

Q5. Consider the following statements

1. The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) is released by the National Statistical Organisation (NSO)
2. The QES provides a demand-side picture of the labour market

Which among the following statements is/are correct?

a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer : a

Why is the Question ?

Two lakh more got jobs in 9 sectors in July-Sept. last year
1. Nine sectors that account for about 85% of total employment in establishments with 10 or more workers hired two lakh more people in July-September 2021 compared to April-June 2021, according to the second round of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) released by the Union Labour and Employment Ministry.
2. The estimated total employment in the nine selected sectors from the second round of QES (July-September, 2021) came out as 3.10 crore approximately, which is 2 lakh higher than the estimated employment (3.08 crore) from the first round of QES (April 1, 2021).

QES Survey:
1. The Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) is part of the AllIndia Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES). It covers establishments employing 10 or more workers in the organised segment in 9 sectors. The AQEES has been taken up by the Labour Bureau.
2. The 9 sectors are Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Education, Health, Accommodation and Restaurants, IT/BPO, Financial Service Activities.
3. Its objective is to enable the government to frame a “sound national policy on employment.”
4. India ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Employment Policy Convention, 1964, in the year 1998, which requires the ratifying countries to implement “an active policy designed to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment.” India does not have a National Employment Policy (NEP) yet.

Drawbacks of QES:
1. As the QES covers only establishments with at least 10 workers, it provides data essentially on the formal economy.
2. Considering that informal workers (with no written contracts, and benefits) account for roughly 90% of the labour force in India, the QES thus provides only a partial glimpse of the labour market.
QES vs PLFS:
1. While the QES provides a demand-side picture, the National Sample Survey or Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) gives the supply side picture of the labour market.
2. PLFS is conducted by the National Statistical Organisation (NSO), MoSPI.