Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Important Committees

1. Finance Ministry constituted a Task on Financial Redress Agency (FRA) under ________ to begin work for FRA as recommended by Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission to act as a unified financial redressal agency? – Dhirendra Swarup

2. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set up an Expert Group under ___________ to examine impact of Foods with High in Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) (also called Junk Food) on the health of consumers? – D Prabhakaran

3. International Boxing Association (AIBA) constituted a five member committee under _________ to manage the process of finding a group to organise and run boxing in India. – Kishan Narsi

4. Committee on Railway traffic optimization led by ___________ submitted its report to Ministry of Railways? – Mohd. Jamshed

5. For Revisiting & Revitalizing the PPP Model of Infrastructure Development submitted its Report. ? –Vijay Kelkar

6. Finance Ministry appointed committee under chairmanship of ________ (head of 20th Law Commission of India) to look into issue of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) to resolve the contentious issue of MAT between the tax authorities and the foreign investor? - Ajit Prakash Shah.

7. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority 's Committee headed by _______ in its report suggested changing wordings of disclaimer in advertisements of insurance companies from Insurance is a subject matter of solicitation to Before buying, know the conditions and exclusions, to make a well-informed decision. ? – M Ramaprasad

8. __________Government constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Ravishankar Ayyanar to probe Chittoor firing Case? – Andhra Pradesh

9. ___________for recommending restructuring and strengthening of UGC (University Grants Commission) submitted report to Ministry of Human Resource Development. – Hari Gautam

10.___________ to examine the possibility of replacing multiple prior permissions with pre-existing regulatory mechanism. ? – Ajay Shankar

11. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation constituted a 'Task Force' chaired by ____ on Interlinking of Rivers to look into the issues relating to Interlinking of Rivers ( ILR) in the country ? – BN Navalawala

12. National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC), under chairmanship of _____ submitted its report suggesting reforms for development of various modes of transport categorized as immediate reforms and long run goals. ? – Rakesh Mohan Prakash Shah

13. ____ Government constituted committee headed by its Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh to consider demand of hike in pay for fixed pay teachers in the state ? – Bihar

14. ____ to suggest a framework to assess Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities undertaken by companies. – Anil Baijal

15. Government created three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by _____for re-investigation of 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases ? – Pramod Asthana

16. Committee headed by _____on Road Safety submitted its report to supreme court and recommended ban of sale of alcohol on National and State highways to minimize road accidents along with other recommendations. ? – KS Radhakrishnan

17. Ministry of Railways constituted a Committee under ____ to identify factors and issues affecting growth of traffic (Freight & Passenger) and suggest a plan of action for Traffic Optimization ? – Mohd. Jamshed

18. Odisha Government has appointed ____ as Chairman of committee for Inquiring of multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha ? – Madan Mohan Das

19. 20th Law Commission of India headed by ______ submitted 253rd report Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts and Commercial Courts Bill, 2015 ? – A P Shah

20. Committee headed by _____ submitted report on restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) ? – Shanta Kumar

21. Government accepted recommendations of ______ committee to look into concerns of people of the the North East states living in other parts of the country ? – M P Bezbaruah

22. Government reconstituted Empowered Committee for setting up of Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication (FAB) manufacturing facilities in the country under NITI Aayog member _____ ? – V K Saraswat

23. Government reconstituted Pollution Control Board Working Group to simplify procedures to get consent certificates and categorisation of industries. The Working Group comprising of 11 members will be headed by _____ ? – Ayi Vaman N Acharya

24. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a Committee under RBI Deputy Governor ____, to reexamine appropriate set of businesses and licensing terms for Urban Cooperative Banks (UCB) – R Gandhi