1) Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed Kapu Reservation Bill, 2017 to provide 5% quota for _____________.
a. Water and Gas Subsidy
b. Education and Employment
c. Education and Higher Education
d. Jobs and Pension
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ANSWER: Education and Employment
Explanation:
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed Kapu Reservation Bill, 2017 to provide 5% quota in education and employment. The reservation to Kapu community will be given by including them in Backward Classes list. The reservation to existing Backward Castes will not be affected by this decision.
With the quota for Kapus, the total reservation in state goes up to 55%, beyond 50% cap set by Supreme Court for reservations. Andhra Pradesh already has 29% reservation for Backward Castes. Apart from this, 15% and 6% reservations exist for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).
The bill will be sent to Centre for its consent and State government is also going to request Centre to include this reservation in the 9th Schedule, to insulate it from judicial review.
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2) Government of India has approved the establishment of India’s third NIMZ in which state?
a. UP
b. HP
c. Rajasthan
d. Odisha
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ANSWER: Odisha
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Government of India has approved the establishment of a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone in Odisha. This is India’s third NIMZ involving a massive area of 163 square kilometres.
The project will come up at Kalinganagar industrial area in Jaipur district of Odisha. - For execution of the project, the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry has approved INR 4241 crore
- Of this, 3816 crore will be invested in the first phase of the project which will be completed by 2020.
- NIMZ will create job opportunities for 1.5 alike people and help Odisha grow as a manufacturing hub and help Paradip’s growth
- To boost the manufacturing sector, the Union Government in 2014 announced the establishment of 16 national investment and manufacturing zones under the National Manufacturing Policy
- It aims to enhance the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25 percent and creating 100 million jobs over a decade
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3) Government has granted in principle approval to 20 NIMZs. What is the full form of NIMZ?
a. National Indian Manufacturing Zones
b. National Investment and Manufacturing Zones
c. National Investing and Manufacturing Zones
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: National Investment and Manufacturing Zones
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Government has granted in principle approval to 20 National Investment and Manufacturing Zones, 12 of which are located outside DMIC namely:
1. Nagpur, Maharashtra;
2. Tumkur, Karnataka;
3. Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh;
4. Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh;
5. Medak, Telangana;
6. Kolar, Karnataka;
7. Bidar, Karnataka;
8. Gulbarga, Karnataka;
9. Jajpur, Odisha;
10. Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu;
11. Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh
12. Jhansi, UP
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4) Which is the new capital of AP?
a. Guntur
b. Vijayawada
c. Nellore
d. Amravati
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ANSWER: Amravati
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PM Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of the new capital city of Amravati in AP at Uddandayauruni Palem village. This is one of the 3 villages were seed capital will be established, the other two being Lingayapalem and Thallayapalem. The need for a capital city became necessary as the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 mandated that Hyderabad will be the common capital for AP and Telangana for just 10 years. After this, it will remain the capital of the latter state. Amravati is derived from the capital city of the Satavahana rulers.
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5) Central Government has made the decision to continue support for development of backward districts of which state?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. TN
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ANSWER: Andhra Pradesh
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Centre has decided to provide continued support for development of backward districts of Andhra Pradesh and work for creation of new capital of AP including Raj Bhawan, High Court, Government Secretariat, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, and such other essential infrastructure. Centre has also announced special assistance of INR 1000 crore during current fiscal. It will also give special assistance of INR 350 crore for development of 7 backward districts, another INR 350 crore for development of state capital and INR 300 crore for Polavaram Irrigation Project. AP Reorganisation Act 2015 divided AP into two- creating the new state of Telangana from 2nd June 2014. Special assistance is to be provided to backward areas of the state as well and amount of INR 4403 crore was released to successor AP state during 2014-2015.
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6) Which state is all set to organise a week-long “Nava Nirmana Deeksha” from 2nd June’15 marking the first anniversary of the bifurcation of the State?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Chhattisgarh
d. Jharkhand
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ANSWER: Andhra Pradesh
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The objective of ‘Nava Nirmana Deeksha’ is to make people partners in the development of Andhra Pradesh.
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7) Which state government launched new initiatives including a new Insurance Programme for unorganized laborers and transport drivers on the occasion of the May Day?
a. Maharashtra
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Andhra Pradesh
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ANSWER: Andhra Pradesh
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Under the new Accident Insurance Scheme, the registered unorganised sector labourers and transport drivers will get a Rs 5 lakh insurance cover. The enrolled will get an accident death insurance of Rs 2 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Bima Suraksha Yojana by opening a Jan Dhan Yojana account and Insurer will give Rs 3 lakh for which the state government will have an MoU.
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