Which state government has launched an online Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS)?
- Assam
- Punjab
- Haryana
- Goa
Explanation:
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrrikar has launched an online Public Grievance Redressal System at the state secretariat on September 1, 2017. It is a single window online portal for citizens to register grievances towards any state government department. The system’s performance in terms of glitches would be monitored and addressed gradually. In the future, a call centre facility would be added to the system. Under the online Public Grievance Redressal System, citizens will be notified about the status of their complaint through SMS and email based on a unique grievance id. There is a provision for automatically escalating unaddressed grievances to higher authorities periodically. Written complaint registration will be continued and uploaded online by the public grievances department.
Many a times we read in the newspapers that in India, while rice (non-basmati) exports are banned, basmati (an aromatic premium rice variety) can be exported without quantitative limits subject to a specified MEP. What does MEP stands for here?
- Modified Export Provisions
- Maximum Export Permission
- Minimum Export Price
- Maximum Export Price
Pusa hybrid 4″ is a variety of:
- Potato
- Tomato
- Banana
- Brinjal
Mahant Chand Nath, who passed away recently, was the Member of Parliament (MP) from which Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan?
- Bharatpur
- Alwar
- Jaipur
- Churu
Explanation:
Mahant Chand Nath (61), the noted BJP politician and religious leader, has passed away at a Delhi hospital on September 17, 2017. He represented the Alwar Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan. Nath had won the Alwar seat in the 2014 parliamentary elections after defeating Congress candidate and former Union minister Jitendra Singh.
- Sitaram Swain
- Sunil Sethi
- Peter Nagy
- Feroz Gujral
Explanation:
Sitaram Swain, the Odisha-based installation artist, has been chosen for the 6th edition of the Glenfiddich’s Emerging Artist of the Year 2017. Swain will represent India at the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence (AiR) programme where he will spend 3 months at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Scotland with seven artists from around the world. He will be also awarded Rs 10 lakh, which includes an international allowance of Rs 1,20,000 per month and a work allowance of Rs 500,000.
- Ashoka
- Kaniska
- Kalashok
- Ajatasatru
- Phillipines
- Nepal
- USA
- Laos
- Shiksha
- Kalpa
- Nirukta
- Chhanda
Dalton’s name is associated with which of the following terms?
- Electron
- Proton
- Atom
- Neutron
Which committee has been constituted to select candidate for post of editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV)?
- PPK Ramacharyulu committee
- Shashi Shekhar Vempati committee
- A Surya Prakash committee
- Rahul Srivastava committee
Explanation:
The Search-cum-Selection Committee headed by Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash has been formed to select the candidate for the post of editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV). The other members of the 5-member committee are Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati, Additional Secretary (Personnel) in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat PPK Ramacharyulu and journalist Rahul Srivastava. Rajya Sabha TV is owned and operated by the Upper House of Parliament and the vice-president is its chairman.