Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – October 19, 2022 [Mock Test]
October 23, 2022 October 23, 2022
1. With respect to the Child labour in India, consider the following provisions:
- National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme aims to target children in the age group of 6-14 years.
- Provisions of Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 allows child labour in “family or family enterprises”.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: B [Only 2]
Notes:- National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme 2007 aims to target children in the age group of 9-14 years and ensures their enrolment in the NCLP Special Training Centres, where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, stipend, mid-day meal, health care, etc. before being mainstreamed into the formal education system.
- Provisions of Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016: employment of children below the age of 14 years in any commercial enterprise is illegal. However, it allows child labour in “family or family enterprises”.
- Article 23: Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour.
- Article 24: No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed in work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015: It includes the working child in the category of children in need of care and protection, without any limitation of age or type of occupation.
- Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) Portal 2017: for effective implementation of the NCLP scheme
- International commitment: India has ratified the International Labour Organizations Convention (ILO) no 138 (minimum age for employment) and Convention no 182(worst forms of child labour).
2. Consider the following statements:
- Vadhavan port has become the first major 100% landlord port in India.
- In this model, private company acts as a regulatory body and as a landlord.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: D [Neither 1 nor 2]
Notes:- Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) has become the first major 100% landlord portin India, having all berths being operated on the PPP model.
- In this model, the publicly governed port authority (owner) acts as a regulatory bodyand as a landlord while private companies carry out all other port operations. In return, the landlord gets a share of the revenue from the private entity.
- Previously, the government proposed to set up a major port at Vadhavan (India’s 13thmajor port) near Dahanu in Maharashtra based on the landlord model.
- JNP (Mumbai)is one of the leading container ports in the country and is ranked 26th among the top 100 global ports (as per Lloyds List Top 100 Ports 2021 Report).
3. The deprivation system classifies India’s districts in terms of developmental quartiles, based on which of the following criteria?
- Percentage of rural population
- Percentage of agricultural workers
- Percentage of illiteracy among females
- Percentage of households with no latrines within the premises.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1, 2 & 3
[B] Only 2, 3 & 4
[C] Only 1, 3 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:- Under JNU’s deprivation points model, extra marks are added to the total entrance test score of a disadvantaged student. The JNU is the only university in the country to have such a system.
- The deprivation system classifies India’s districts in terms of developmental quartiles, based on 4 criteria: percentage of rural population, percentage of agricultural workers, percentage of illiteracy among females and percentage of households with no latrines within the premises.
- In addition to regional backwardness, 5 deprivation points are also given to women and transgender candidates and 5 are given to Kashmiri migrants as well. Wards and widows of defense personnel are also given 5 points.
- This system does not affect the seats reserved for SC, ST and OBC students.
- The JNU Act of 1966 enshrines “social justice” as one of the university’s objectives. The university’s admission policy also states that it seeks to ensure that an adequate number of students from “under-privileged and socially handicapped sections of our society are admitted,” to ensure that an all-India character of the university can be maintained, with a “fair representation of students especially from different regions of the country especially the backward areas”.
- According to a 2019 press release by the JNU Students Union (JNUSU), deprivation points were first introduced in 1973.
- The deprivation model was reportedly withdrawn entirely for nearly a decade in 1984, but was restored for the 1995-1996 academic year after student protests.
