Question 02:

Answer: c

National Scheme Sanctioning Committee (NSSC)
• The National Scheme Sanctioning Committee (NSSC) of SBM-G works under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• It comprises representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and a representative from State Governments apart from sector experts.
• The NSSC reviews the plans of all States and UTs and provides them guidance to intensify implementation as sanitation and hygiene are of paramount importance in the pandemic times.

Question 01:

Answer: b

Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
• It compels certain individuals, convicted and accused of offences, to share biological personal data.
• The Bill defines “measurements” to include finger impressions, palm-print impressions, footprint impressions, photographs, iris and retina scans, physical and biological samples and their analysis, behavioural attributes including signatures and handwriting, according to Section 53 or Section 53A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973.
• It proposes that the law applies to three categories of individuals:
Those convicted of an offence are punishable under any law for the time being in force.
Suspected criminals or habitual offenders
Those arrested in connection with an offence are punishable under any law in force or detained under any preventive detention law.
• The Bill states that except for those accused of offences committed against a woman or a child, or for any offence punishable with imprisonment for a period that is not less than seven years, a person accused of any other offence can refuse to allow the taking of his biological samples under the Bill.
• The data collected from the accused can be destroyed from the records unless a magistrate in writing directs otherwise after the accused is released without trial or discharged or acquitted by a court.

Question 01: Identify the conditions that are taken into account while making forecasts about the South West Monsoon in India:

1. Sea Surface Temperature of Equatorial South India Ocean.

2. Mean Sea Level Pressure in West Asia.

3. Surface air temperature over northwest Europe.

4. Sea Surface Temperature (SST) gradient between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific.

5. The cold water volume of the equatorial Pacific Ocean.