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- In September 2023, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) extended the tenure of the Company Law Committee until ____________.
1) 16th January 2024
2) 16th September 2025
3) 16th September 2026
4) 16th September 2024
5) 16th March 2024Answer-4) 16th September 2024
Explanation:
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has extended the tenure of the Company Law Committee by 1 year, until September 16, 2024.
• The Company Law Committee was set up in 2019 with a tenure of one year(2020), and its tenure was successively extended year after year.
• The committee has been tasked with examining and recommending the government on different matters concerning the implementation of the Companies Act, 2013, and the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)Act, 2008.
• At Present, the Company Law Committee consists of 11-members under the chairmanship of Dr Manoj Govil, Secretary, MCA. - Which of the following Association/NGO/Museum’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence has recently (in Sept ‘23) got cancelled by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)?
1) HelpAge Bharat
2) Srinivas Malliah Memorial Theatre Crafts Museum
3) SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION (SEWA).
4) Both 1 & 2
5) Both 2 & 3Answer- 5) Both 2 & 3
Explanation:
The Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of Bal Raksha Bharat, Srinivas Malliah Memorial Theatre Crafts Museum and SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION (SEWA).
i. The licences were cancelled ahead of the deadline (30th September 2023) for FCRA licences renewable for Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs).
ii. Bal Raksha Bharat is the India unit of the United Kingdom(UK) Based NGO “Save The Children” which operates in around 16 states across India.
iii. Srinivas Malliah Memorial Theatre Crafts Museum was established in memory of freedom fighter Ullal Srinivas Malliah to provide training in traditional handicrafts like puppet making, mask making, paper figures, bamboo crafts and others. - In September 2023, India became the __________ country in the world to issue OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology) certificates.
1) 15th
2) 14th
3) 16th
4) 13th
5) 10thAnswer- 4) 13th
Explanation:
India has been recognised as an authority to issue internationally accepted OIML(International Organization of Legal Metrology) pattern approval certificates for selling weights & measures anywhere in the world. With this India becomes the 13th country in the world that can issue OIML certificates.
i. The Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs will now issue the OIML certificates.
ii. OIML Pattern Approval certificate is mandatory to sell a weight or measure in the International market.
iii. Other countries that can issue OIML Certificates are Australia, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France, United Kingdom(UK), Japan, Netherlands, Sweden and Slovakia. - Name the company that has recently (in Sept ‘23) partnered with YES Bank to launch HyperUPI, a plug-in Software Development Toolkit (SDK) developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
1) Paytm
2) Juspay Technologies
3) PhonePe
4) BharatPe
5) Razorpay SoftwareAnswer- 2) Juspay Technologies
Explanation:
Yes Bank Limited (YES Bank) partnered with Juspay Technologies Private Limited (Juspay), India’s leading payments company, to launch HyperUPI, a plug-in Software Development Toolkit (SDK) developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that empowers in-app Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments for merchant apps.
• With this, the merchants can now offer customers a hassle-free one-click UPI experience. This will also allow customers to undertake UPI-based transactions within the merchant app.
• This plug-in SDK is built on one of the most reliable UPI-on-cloud stacks in India, which also supports UPI payments for several consumer and merchant apps.
• Gullak, a leading fintech app, has become the first merchant to deploy Juspay’s UPI plugin SDK, HyperUPI.
• NPCI is an initiative of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, to create a robust Payment & Settlement Infrastructure in India. - Name the bank that has recently (in Sept ‘23) launched a “virtual commercial card” in collaboration with Visa and Juspay.
1) Axis Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) YES BankAnswer-3) IndusInd Bank
Explanation:
IndusInd Bank in partnership with Visa and Juspay launched a “virtual commercial card” with additional layers of security to give the cardholders complete control over cross-border transactions for corporates and travel agents. The card is built on the Visa Payables Automation platform.
• The card benefits the customers who make multiple bookings in different foreign-denominated currencies.
• The card offers a high degree of control, reduced complexity and complete transparency.
• The cardholders can generate virtual cards and customise its credentials such as Card Number, Card Verification Value (CVV) code and expiry dates. - In September 2023, Fitch Ratings retained India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)’s growth forecast at __________ for the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24).
1) 5.9%
2) 6.3%
3) 6.0%
4) 6.9%
5) 5.2%Answer-2) 6.3%
Explanation:
Fitch Ratings in its special report titled Global Economic Outlook – September 2023 retained India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)’s growth forecast for the current fiscal year (FY 2023-24) at 6.3% and projected growth rate of 6.5% for FY 2024-2025.
• Earlier in June 2023, the rating agency had revised its forecast to 6.3% from the 6%.
• In Spite of tight monetary policy and poor export, the economy is striving to grow.
• The Indian economy grew at 7.8% in the first quarter(Q1 – April to June) in FY 2023-24. Fitch expects that the RBI’s benchmark interest rate will stay at 6.5% for 2023. - Who has been recently (in Sept ‘23) appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of Mastercard India?
1) Karthik Ramanathan
2) Gautam Aggarwal
3) Nikhil Sahni
4) Rajnish Kumar
5) Rama SridharAnswer-4) Rajnish Kumar
Explanation:
Rajnish Kumar, former chairman of the State Bank of India(SBI) has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of Mastercard India.
i. Rajnish Kumar will guide Mastercard’s South Asia executive leadership team, led by Gautam Aggarwal, Division President for South Asia and Country Corporate Officer, India.
ii. He is currently serving as the chairman of payments startup BharatPe.
iii. Book – Rajnish Kumar Authored a book ‘The Custodian of Trust: A Banker’s Memoir’ published by Penguin Viking in 2021. - In September 2023, Mircea Snegur who served as the first President of the Independent ____________ (country) passed away.
1) Moldova
2) Belarus
3) Armenia
4) Bulgaria
5) EstoniaAnswer-1) Moldova
Explanation:
Mircea Snegur who served as the first President of the independent Moldova has passed away. He was born on 17th January 1940 in the village of Trifanesti, in Florești District, Moldova.
• He became the President of the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1990 following the approval from the Moldovan Supreme Council.
• He led the Republic of Moldova to its proclamation of independence on 27 August 1991.
• Following the independence, in 1992, Snegur and then Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed an agreement to stop a conflict over Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester (Transnistria) region. - What was the theme of National Engineer’s Day 2023 that was observed across India on 15th September 2023?
1) Engineering for change
2) Engineers for a Self-Reliant India
3) Engineering for A Healthy Planet
4) Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era
5) Engineering for a Sustainable FutureAnswer-5) Engineering for a Sustainable Future
Explanation:
National Engineer’s Day 2023 was observed across India on 15th September 2023 with the theme of ‘Engineering for a Sustainable Future,’ to commemorate the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (15 September 1861), who is considered as one of the greatest Engineers in India.
• He is also referred to as Sir MV and the ‘Father of Modern Mysore‘ for his major contributions to society & he was also called the “Precursor of economic planning in India”, according to the Institution of Engineers India (IEI).
• In 1955, the GoI honoured him with ‘Bharat Ratna‘ for his significant contributions in the field of engineering and for his service to the nation.
• Books: Reconstructing India (1920); Planned Economy for India (1934); Memoirs of My Working Life (1951). - Which state government has recently (in Sept ‘23) launched a new e-Bhoomi portal to further ease the process of purchasing land for the development of government projects?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Haryana
4) Jharkhand
5) West BengalAnswer-3) Haryana
Explanation:
Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister (CM) launched a new e-Bhoomi portal to further ease the process of purchasing land for the development of government projects.
• He also launched the HMJIS portal to replace the already launched e-Ravana portal to stop illegal mining in Haryana.
• The CM also unveiled the “Mukhyamantri Shehri Awas Yojana Portal,” designed to provide housing for economically weaker sections, with an annual income of less than Rs. 1.80 lakh, who are in need of housing.
• In a step towards resolving land acquisition issues of the year 2011 for the expansion of the Industrial Model Township (IMT) Manesar (Haryana), the CM inaugurated the ‘No-Litigation Policy-2023 portal’.
• The Haryana Government also introduced the issuance of Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates through the PPP family ID system.
- In September 2023, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) extended the tenure of the Company Law Committee until ____________.
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