Current Affairs Questions for UPSC General Studies [Mains] – 28 December, 2017

December 28, 2017 December 28, 2017

One of the objectives of the government’s FAME scheme is that the country’s public transport should be 100 per cent electric. What are challenges to achieve this over-ambitious goal? Discuss. [ET]
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Category:GS-I: Urbanization Issues, their problems and their remedies
Urban Transport should be to “move people instead of vehicles”. However, most big cities in India have failed to realize this goal in their public transport system. Discuss the reasons while suggesting how can India improve its public transport system? [Mint]
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Category:GS-I: Urbanization Issues, their problems and their remedies
What provisions have been made in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 to create an inclusive work environment? Keep your answer limited to provisions regarding private sector in the law. [Mint]
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Category:GS-II: mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections
What is Refuse-derived fuel (RDF)? Can RDF be a solution to waste management in India? Are there any provisions regarding the same in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016? Elucidate. [Indian Express]
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Category:GS-III- Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
Despite of dramatic fall in equipment costs and tariff of solar energy, rooftop solar plants are not very popular in India. Account for the key stumbling blocks in realizing India’s rooftop solar power goals. [THBL]
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Category:GS-III: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc.

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