Aadhaar Card Quiz
11. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the recently launched National Nutrition Mission (NNM)?
- Aadhaar card is a mandatory requirement to avail the benefits of the mission.
- It aims to eradicate anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls completely by 2018.
Select the correct option from codes given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 ]
Notes:
First statement is correct Government has made Aadhaar card mandatory to avail the benefits of the mission. Second statement is incorrect It aims to bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls by three per cent per year. NNM will be rolled out in three phases from 2017-18 to 2019-20. NNM targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively. It also aims to bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls by three per cent per year. At the heart of the mission is the use of information communication technology to monitor the implementation of the scheme.
12. Consider the following statements about the Aadhar Pay Service:
- It will enable people to make and receive payments using their Aadhaar number and biometrics
- People can use the service even if they do not have debit cards, mobile wallets and mobile phones
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
[A] 1 Only
[B] 2 Only
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: C [ Both 1 & 2 ]
Notes:
Both are correct statements
Aadhaar Pay app is yet another app to be launched by the government to promote digital economy and to encourage cashless transaction in an economy. The App lets consumers to pay without any physical payment instruments like debit cards, mobile wallets or mobile phones. It runs on the Android platform and the merchants need to install at PoS and the merchant’s mobile phone needs to be linked to an Aadhaar biometric reader. Once the merchant has this infrastructure in place, the consumers can start transacting.
