Daily Current Affairs (MCQ) | Date 27.04.22

Q1. Which of the following statements are correct about Mission Antyodaya?

1. The main objective of ‘Mission Antyodaya’ is to ensure optimum use of resources through the convergence of various schemes
2. It aims to address multiple deprivations of poverty, making gram panchayat the hub of a development plan
3. It aimed to make 50,000 Gram panchayats poverty free by 2019

Select the correct answer using the code given below

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

Answer : d

Why is the Question ?

‘Mission Antyodaya’ should not fall by the wayside
With the right momentum, the project can help transform rural India — in terms of development and social justice 

Mission Antyodaya
1. Given the right momentum, the ‘Mission Antyodaya’ project of the Government of India launched in 2017-18 (and cast in a convergence framework avowedly to eradicate poverty in its multiple dimensions among rural households) bears great promise to revive the objectives of these great democratic reforms.
2. The main objective of ‘Mission Antyodaya’ is to ensure optimum use of resources through the convergence of various schemes that address multiple deprivations of poverty, making gram panchayat the hub of a development plan.
3. This planning process (whose intellectual heritage is traced to the people’s plan of Kerala) is supported by an annual survey that helps to assess the various development gaps at the gram panchayat level, by collecting data regarding the 29 subjects assigned to panchayats by the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution.
4. These subjects are broken down into 112 parameters for data collection using detailed questionnaires. Also, data regarding health and nutrition, social security, good governance, water management and so on are also collected.
5. The idea of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj to identify the gaps in basic needs at the local level, and integrating resources of various schemes, self-help groups, voluntary organizations and so on to finance them needs coordination and capacitybuilding of a high order.
6. If pursued in a genuine manner, this can foster economic development and inter-jurisdictional equity. Although two major reports, one on infrastructure and service gaps and the other on a composite index, have been in the public domain, they do not seem to have attracted public discussion.

Q2. The gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement originated in

a. France
b. Germany
c. Russia
d. USA

Answer : a

Why is the Question ?

1. The gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement was not led by any union or political party and the protesters’ demands were not clearly articulated: some want tax cuts (on fuel), some want tax rises (for the rich), some want more public services, some want more generous state benefits, some want a stronger President and some want all of these things at once.
2. The gilets jaunes have targeted the French state as both villain and savior. They have organized groups to protest outside government offices all over the country yet, despite their ire, they also demand redress from the very same state they abhor.

3. They want the French government to lower fuel taxes, cut property taxes, and hire more doctors for rural clinics. This paradox has a long pedigree in French history.

Q3. What is Splinternet recently seen in the news?

a. It is fragmentation of internet in deep web and dark web allowing suspicious activities
b. Use of cyber attacks to cripple critical information infrastructure
c. Use of social media by terrorist organization and
d. The splinternet is a fragmented version of the world wide web with national identities

Answer : d

Why is the Question ?

1. The internet is changing. The outcome of the recent spat between the Center and Twitter is one among many instances which may alter the future of the world wide web. The open web, now a mere shadow of its former self, is often dubbed as the splinternet.
2. A fusion of the words “split" and “internet", the splinternet is a fragmented version of the world wide web with national identities. The reasons for this ‘split’ include global politics, national security, religion and more.
3. In its original form, the internet transcended borders and allowed people unfettered access to virtually everything, while the splinternet limits citizens’ access to data, forces businesses to keep data within borders, and even changes how they operate within a state.
4. Splinternet is often defined as the balkanization of the net, as nations try to preserve their sovereign identities and economic interests.

Q4. Consider the following statements with regard

1. The tax-to-GDP ratio jumped to 11.7 per cent in FY22
2. The direct tax collection in FY22 has surpassed the indirect tax collection

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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

Answer : c

Why is the Question ?

‘CBDT aims to lift tax-GDP ratio to 15-20% from the current 12%’
1. India’s net direct tax collections amounted to ₹14,09,640.83 crore for FY22, which is the highest collection ever, signaling that the Indian economy has bounced back after two years of the pandemic.
2. The tax-to-GDP ratio jumped to 11.7 per cent in FY22 from 10.3 percent in FY21. This was the highest since 1999.
3. As against ₹14.09 lakh crore this year, our collection in 2020- 21 was only ₹9.45 lakh crore. In a single year, we moved upward by nearly ₹4.5 lakh crore, registering a growth of 49%.
4. “The collection is the best-ever as far as income tax and corporation tax are concerned.”
‘60% of overall tax take’
1. The direct tax-to-GDP ratio is around 12%,” he added, noting that the CBDT was working to raise the ratio to 15-20% in 5-10 years.

2. The direct tax collection this year has surpassed the indirect tax collection which was the other way round till last year. It is now 52% CBDT aims to look at 60% of tax contribution coming from direct taxes in some years.