Current Affairs Quiz , 28 Sep 2020

1) Mission Sahakar, recently heard in news, aims to

a) double farmers’ income
b) double agricultural exports
c) halve nitrogen pollution
d) none of the above

Answer: a
• NCDC has started Mission Sahakar to double farmers’ income by 2022.NCDC has sanctioned as first instalment, funds amounting to Rs 19444 crores to the states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana for Kharif paddy procurement under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations.

2) Which among the following is responsible for controlling National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)?

a) Department of Health Services
b) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
c) Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
d) All of the above

Answer: b
• Under the provisions of Drug Prices Control Order, 2013, only the prices of drugs that figure in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) are monitored and controlled by the regulator, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
• To ensure availability of medical oxygen in the country at a reasonable price amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the national drug pricing regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has capped the price of medical oxygen cylinders and liquid medical oxygen for six months.

3) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an autonomous statutory body coming under the ministry of

a) Health
b) Chemicals
c) Science and Technology
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• It is an autonomous statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSS Act).Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India is the administrative Ministry of FSSAI.
• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released guidelines on sale of loose sweets.

4) Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP), recently heard in news, is issued by the ministry of

a) Health and Family Welfare
b) Chemicals
c) Consumer Affairs
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• It is a voluntary code issued by the Department of Pharmaceuticals under Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizersrelating to marketing practices for Indian Pharmaceutical Companies and as well medical devices industry.
• The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Health Care has expressed disappointment over the recent reply of Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Sadanada Gowda, in Parliament that there is no decision yet to make the Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) mandatory.

5) World Tourism Day 2020 was celebrated with the theme “Tourism and Rural Development”. It is the initiative of

a) UNWTO
b) WEF
c) World Bank
d) All of the above

Answer: a
• The day has been celebrated since 1980 by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).