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UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 243
Question 56 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
- Maternity benefit in India applies to all shops and establishments with 10 or more employees.
- It extended the period of maternity benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for commissioning mothers.
- It is mandatory for employers to educate women about the maternity benefits available to them at the time of their appointment.
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1, 3 | |
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2, 3 |
The act is applicable to all establishments employing 10 or more employees.
The Maternity Benefit Act originally provided maternity benefit of 12 weeks. In 2017, the law was amended to extend the period to 26 weeks.
The Act is applicable to all establishments which are factories, mines, plantations, Government establishments, shops and establishments under the relevant applicable legislations, or any other establishment as may be notified by the Central Government.
As per the Act, to be eligible for maternity benefit, a woman must have been working as an employee in an establishment for a period of at least 80 days in the past 12 months.
Women who legally adopt a child below the age of three months or a "commissioning mother" will be entitled to maternity benefit for 12 weeks from the date on which the child is handed over to her. A commissioning mother is defined as a biological mother who uses her egg to create an embryo implanted in another woman.
he Maternity Benefit Amendment Act makes creche facility mandatory for every establishment employing 50 or more employees. [4] Women employees would be permitted to visit the creche 4 times during the day (including rest intervals)
It introduces a provision which requires every establishment to intimate a woman at the time of her appointment of the maternity benefits available to her.
Question 57 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
1. The National Human Rights Commission, India is compliant with the UN mandated Paris Principles.
2. NHRC India is a member of Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions.
3. It has powers of a civil court.
4. It has powers to take suo-moto cognizance of human rights violations.
Select the correct answer using the code below;
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2 and 4 only | |
1, 2 and 4 only | |
All of the above |
Statement 2 is correct. The GANHRI Bureau consists of sixteen, 'A' status NHRIs, four from each region, namely, Americas, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific. Besides the Annual General Meetings, the NHRC, India has been regularly taking part in its activities as an active Member of the GANHRI.
Statement 3 is correct. It has the powers of a civil court and can grant interim relief.
Statement 4 is correct. It can take suo-moto cognizance of any matter concerning Human Rights violation.
Question 58 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
- It is a type of hand-painted cotton textile.
- It is primarily found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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Question 59 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
Kolkata | |
Lucknow | |
Ahmedabad | |
Bombay |
"..The Wardha Resolution is also known as "Quit India Resolution". This resolution was ratified in the All India Congress Committee at Bombay on August 7, 1942. Here a nonviolent mass struggle under the leadership of Gandhi was sanctioned in the "August Kranti Maidan" "
http://www.gktoday.in/quit-india-movement/
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Improvisation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=148605 "
Question 60 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
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Both 1 and 2 | |
Neither 1 nor 2 |
Though India signed the convention in 1997, it is yet to ratify it. Efforts to bring in a standalone law have failed.
In its 273rd report handed over to the Law Ministry on October 30, The Law Commission has recommended that the Centre ratify the United Nations Convention against Torture and frame a standalone anti-torture law, making the state responsible for any injury inflicted by its agents on citizens. The Commission has proposed the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2017, which gives a wide definition to torture, not limited to physical pain but also including "inflicting injury, either intentionally or involuntarily, or even an attempt to cause such an injury, which will include physical, mental or psychological in nature".
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