USTDA, DGCA - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Who has been appointed DGCA chief?

a. BS Khullar
b. BS Bhullar
c. BH Khullar
d. BH Bhullar
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: BS Bhullar

Explanation:
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the appointments of as many as 11 senior-rank officials on Dec 5.

B.S. Bhullar, a 1986-batch IAS officer, has been appointed chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Other appointments include the following:

  • Vaduvendra Mathur, Chairman and Managing Director of Exim Bank, has been shifted to NITI Ayog as Additional Secretary.
  • Malini Shankar, a 1984-batch IAS officer from the Maharashtra cadre, has been appointed Director-General, Shipping, in the Shipping Ministry.
  • P.V. Ramesh Babu, a 1985-batch officer from Andhra Pradesh, has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Rural Electrification Corporation.
  • Rabindra Panwar, has been shifted from the Defence Ministry and appointed Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Home Ministry.
  • R.K. Vats from West Bengal has been brought on Central deputation for appointment as Additional Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Ministry in place of K.B. Agarwal, a 1985-batch officer from the Jammu and Kashmir cadre, who has been returned to his parent cadre.
  • 1986-batch officer, Anshu Prakash, has been moved from the Department of Heavy Industries to the Ministry of Rural Development as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser.
  • Indian Revenue Service officer, Madhu Mahajan, as Member Secretary of the National Commission for Women, and an Indian Economic Service officer, Nagesh Singh, as Additional Secretary in the Union Ministry of Rural Development were also appointed.


2)   AP government has inked a pact with USTDA for developing which city as a Smart City?

a. Vizag
b. Medak
c. Hyderabad
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vizag

Explanation:
USTDA and the Andhra Pradesh government have inked pact to develop Vizag as a Smart City. The US Trade and Development Agency has inked an agreement with the AP government for developing infrastructure, data systems and communication in Vishakhpatnam for it to become a smart city.