Daily Quiz | 3 April 2024

Explanation:

• Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps  is one of the rarest birds in world.
• Statement 1 is correct: It is listed as Critically Endangered and Schedule I (Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972).
• Statements 1 and 2 are correct: The critically endangered GIB is trapped in a deadly tangle of power lines crisscrossing its final refuge in western India’s Kutch and Thar deserts. 
  • As these large, open landscapes hold the promise of abundant solar and wind energy, high-tension networks are evacuating power.

Explanation:

• The Government of India has released a total of Rs 1,000 crore to the Government of Bhutan under the Memorandum of Understanding on the concessionary financing arrangements for the GyalSung Infrastructure Project.

Explanation:

• Under the T+0 trade cycle, the settlement of trades will happen on the same day after the closure of the T+0 market. 
• If investors sell a share, they will get the money credited to their account the same day, and the buyer will also get the shares in their demat account on the very day of the transaction.
• A shortened settlement cycle will bring cost and time efficiency, transparency in charges to investors, and strengthen risk management at clearing corporations and the overall securities market ecosystem.
• The T+0 trade cycle is expected to provide flexibility in terms of faster pay-out of the funds against the securities to the sellers and faster pay-out of securities against the funds to the buyers.
•  It will allow better control over funds and securities by the investors.

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct: CPCB is the statutory pollution control watchdog under the Union Environment Ministry. 
• Statements 2 and 3 are correct: Functions of the Central Board at the National Level

• Advise the Central Government on any issues relating the prevention and control of water and air pollution, as well as the enhancement of air quality. 
• Plan and implement a national programme to avoid, control, or reduce water and air pollution.
• Coordinate the work of the State Board and handle disagreements between them;
• Provide technical help and guidance to the State Boards, conduct and sponsor investigations and research into water and air pollution problems, and their prevention, control, or abatement; 
• Plan and organise training of persons engaged in programme on the prevention, control or abatement of water and air pollution;
• Organise through mass media, a comprehensive mass awareness programme on the prevention, control or abatement of water and air pollution;
• Collect, compile and publish technical and statistical data relating to water and air pollution and the measures devised for their effective prevention, control or abatement;
• Prepare manuals, codes and guidelines for the treatment and disposal of sewage and trade effluents, as well as stack gas cleaning devices, stacks and ducts.
• Disseminate information on water and air pollution, including prevention and control measures.
•  Establish, alter, or repeal stream or well standards in cooperation with the relevant state governments, as well as air quality criteria; and
• Perform any additional functions as directed by the Government of India.

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is correct:  India will turn into an ageing society in the next three decades, according to a report in the Lancet. 
  • The medical journal has flagged that India’s TFR — the average number of children born to a woman — will fall to 1.29 in 2050. 
  • One in five persons in India will be above the age of 60 in 2050. 

Statement 2 is incorrect:   At 1.9, India’s TFR is currently just below the replacement rate, and according to UNPF calculations, the share of the country’s working-age population will peak in the late 2030s, early 2040s.