Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – February 17, 2023 [Mock Test]
March 2, 2023 March 2, 2023
1. With respect to the President’s rule under Article 356, consider the following statements:
- The resolution for its proclamation must be passed by both Houses via a special majority.
- Its proclamation must be approved within 1 months from the date of its issue.
- Fundamental Rights of the citizens get suspended during its proclamation.
- It can be extended to a maximum period of 3 years with Parliamentary approval every 6 months.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 2
[B] Only 4
[C] Only 1, 2 & 4
[D] Only 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: B [Only 4]
Notes:- President’s rule can be proclaimed under Article 356: President can issue a proclamation if he is satisfied that the govt in a state cannot be carried out in accordance with the Constitution. He can act with or without the governor’s report; And under Article 365: If a state fails to comply with or give effect to any direction from the Centre. Every such resolution must be passed by both houses via a simple majority.
- Proclamation imposing President’s rule must be approved by both houses of the Parliament within 2 months from the date of its issue.
- If a proclamation is issued when Lok Sabha (LS) is dissolved or dissolution of LS takes place during this period of 2 months without approving the proclamation. The proclamation will survive for 30 days from 1st sitting of LS after its reconstitution, but only if Rajya Sabha has already approved it.
- If both houses approve the proclamation within the period of 2 months then, President’s rule continues for 6 months.
- It can be extended to a maximum period of 3 years with Parliamentary approval every 6 months. If the dissolution of Lok Sabha (LS) takes place during this period of 6 months without approving the further continuation of a national emergency. The proclamation will survive for 30 days from 1st sitting of LS after its reconstitution, but only if Rajya Sabha has already approved its continuation.
- It has no effect on the Fundamental Rights of the citizens.
- President can do so at any time by a subsequent proclamation. Such a proclamation does not require parliamentary approval.
2. With respect to the National Population Register, consider the following statements:
- It is a list of usual residents of the country.
- A usual resident is a person who has resided in a place for one year or more and intends to reside there for another one year or more.
- It is the register of details about Indian citizens residing in India and outside India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 1 & 2
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1]
Notes:- National Population Register (NPR) is a list of usual residents of the country. It is compulsory for every usual resident of India to register in the NPR. A usual resident for the purposes of NPR is a person who has resided in a place for six months or more and intends to reside there for another six months or more.
- It is generated through house-to-house enumeration during the “house-listing” phase of the Census.
- This includes both Indian citizens and foreign citizens.
- It is being prepared at the local (village/sub-town), sub-district, district, state and national level under provisions of the Citizenship Act 1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
- The government has clarified that no documents will be required for NPR as self-declaration will be treated as enough for data entry in the population registrar.
- The NPR was first collected in 2010 and then updated in 2015.
- National Population Register (NPR) is the register with detailed records of persons residing in any rural or urban area of India. In contrast, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the register of details about Indian citizens residing in India and outside India.
3. Consider the following statements:
- Information Technology resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and SBI has been declared as ‘critical information infrastructure’.
- The government, under the seventh schedule has the power to declare any data, database, IT network or communications infrastructure as CII to protect that digital asset.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: D [Neither 1 nor 2]
Notes:- The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared IT (Information Technology) resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) as ‘critical information infrastructure’.
- The Information Technology Act of 2000 defines Critical Information Infrastructure as a computer resource, the incapacitation or destruction of which shall have debilitating impact on national security, economy, public health or safety.
- The government, under the IT Act of 2000, has the power to declare any data, database, IT network or communications infrastructure as CII to protect that digital asset.
- The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC)is the nodal agency for taking all measures to protect the nation’s critical information infrastructure.
