Question Discussion & Solution

The Correct answer is Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.

 Key Points

• CACP recommends MSP to Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and its decision/recommendations are not binding.
• It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Agriculture.

 Important Points

Planning Commission

• The Planning Commission of India was set up by a Resolution of the Government of India in March 1950.
• The planning commission was an autonomous body, which worked closely with the union and state cabinets and had full knowledge of their policies.
• Institutionally it was a part of the cabinet organization and the ‘demands for grants’ for the PC were included in the budget for the cabinet secretariat.

NABARD

• NABARD is a development bank focussing primarily on the rural sector of the country.
• It is the apex banking institution to provide finance for Agriculture and rural development. Its headquarter is located in Mumbai.
• It is a statutory body established in 1982 under Parliamentary act-National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981.

The correct answer is The Canadian System.

Key Points

• By vesting the residuary powers in the Union, the Indian Constitution has followed the Canadian System.
• The provisions of a Federation with a strong center, Residuary powers of the Centre, the appointment of State governors by the Centre, and the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, are all borrowed from the Canadian constitution.

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Important borrowed features of the constitution:

The correct answer is Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.

• Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh were the first states to adopt the Panchayati Raj form of local Government.

Additional Information 

• First Panchayat in Nagaur district of Rajasthan on 2nd October 1959.
• 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992: The Act added Part IX to the Constitution, “The Panchayats” and also added the Eleventh Schedule which consists of the 29 functional items of the panchayats.
  • Features of Panchayati Raj:
    • Gram Sabha: Gram Sabha is the primary body of the Panchayati Raj system.
    • It is a village assembly consisting of all the registered voters within the area of the panchayat.
    • Three Tier System: village, intermediate and district levels.
    • Election of members and chairperson: The members to all the levels of the Panchayati Raj are elected directly and the chairpersons to the intermediate and the district levels are elected indirectly.
  • Important committees for Panchayati Raj:
    • Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
    • Ashok Mehta Committee
    • G V K Rao Committee
    • L M Singhvi Committee

The correct answer is the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

• Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted a conditional exemption to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the deployment of drones for live aerial cinematography of the India Cricket Season in 2021.
• The Drone Rules 2021 are in the final stages of discussion with the Law Ministry and approval is expected by March 2021.
• The conditional exemption will be valid till 31 December or until the full operationalization of the Digital Sky Platform (Phase-1).

• Under the 36th Amendment of the Indian Constitution, Sikkim become the 22^nd state of the Indian Union.
• The Prime Minister of Sikkim appealed to the Indian Parliament for making Sikkim a state of India, in the year 1975.
• A referendum was held in Sikkim and 97.5 percent of the people voted to abolish the monarchy.
• Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union, on 16 May 1975.
• The 36th amendment of the Indian constitution made Sikkim a full state of India and added its name to the First Schedule of the Constitution.
• Every year, the state celebrates May 16 as Sikkim statehood day. 

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