Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – January 20, 2023 [Mock Test]

Notes:

• Convicts not eligible for Parole- Prisoners who have been or are involved in criminal activities against the state
• Are threats to national security
• Are not citizens of India
• Are convicted of multiple murders or for murder & rape of a child or children
• A convict must have served at least 1 year in jail, excluding any time spent in remission. The prisoner’s behaviour had to be uniformly good. The criminal should not have committed any crimes/ broken any of the terms and restrictions during the period of parole if it was granted previously.

Notes:

• Parole is awarded for short-term detention, it can last for 1 month. Divisional Commissioner grants parole. A specific justification for parole is necessary. Parole can be given multiple times. Parole is not a matter of right and may be denied to a prisoner even when he makes out a sufficient case.
• Furlough is allowed in long-term detention, it can last for a maximum of 14 days. Deputy Inspector General Prison grants furlough. Furlough is intended to break the monotony of imprisonment. Furlough has a limit. Furlough is a matter of right to be granted periodically irrespective of any reason.

Notes:
The Global Hunger Index measures undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality. It does not include maternal mortality. Indicators are: undernourishment (insufficient caloric intake), child wasting (low weight-for-height), child stunting (low height-for-age), and child mortality (deaths under 5 years), not specifically “child and maternal mortality.” Hence, only statements 2, 3, and 4 are correct.