PM Chairs National Summit on Women and Child Development

The correct answer is Sushma Swaraj Bhawan. The two-day National Departmental Summit on Women and Child Development was held at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in New Delhi, and the Prime Minister chaired its valedictory session there. Ministers and senior officials from the states and the union territories attended, and the discussions covered nutrition, care in early childhood, the protection of children, the safety and empowerment of women, and stronger convergence in delivering services. Option A, Vigyan Bhawan, is another conference venue in the capital but was not where this summit met. Option C, Bharat Mandapam, hosts large national and international events but was not the venue for this departmental summit either. Option D, Rashtrapati Bhavan, is the official residence of the President of India and is not used for such departmental deliberations. Only Sushma Swaraj Bhawan matches the venue of this summit.

The correct answer is at the district level and at Nagar Palika and Mahanagar Palika levels. Speaking at the valedictory session, the Prime Minister said states could carry the summit model further by holding similar Chintan Shivirs at the district level as well as at the Nagar Palika and Mahanagar Palika levels, so that collaborative decision-making reaches well below the state secretariat. He additionally proposed dedicated Chintan Shivirs for Anganwadi workers, enabling them to exchange experiences, innovations and practical solutions drawn from the field. Option A is wrong because the suggestion was explicitly about taking the exercise downward, not confining it to the state capital. Option C is wrong because an annual national event is the opposite of the decentralised shivirs proposed. Option D is wrong because the shivirs were framed as district and urban-local-body level gatherings, not meetings restricted to collectors’ offices.

The correct answer is Vocal for Local and One District One Product. At the valedictory session the Prime Minister observed that national movements such as Vocal for Local and One District One Product, known by the short form ODOP, should be promoted for the empowerment of women. He added that women’s collectives and community institutions could become important partners in strengthening local products, livelihoods and economic empowerment. Option A names two well-known manufacturing and enterprise initiatives, but they were not the pair linked to women’s empowerment in this address. Option C names initiatives associated with technology access and training, which were likewise not the two movements mentioned here. Option D names programmes connected with the girl child and with nutrition, and although nutrition and adolescent girls did figure in the discussion, they were not put forward as the movements for economic empowerment. Hence option B alone is correct.

The correct answer is a centre of community participation. Emphasising Jan Bhagidari, the Prime Minister said an Anganwadi Centre should not function as an isolated institution but should instead become a centre of community participation. He suggested that families living around such a centre be encouraged, on special occasions, to contribute nutritious food, toys and locally relevant items for the children, and he urged universities, medical students and volunteers of the National Service Scheme and the National Cadet Corps to associate themselves with these centres. Option A is precisely the situation he warned against. Option C is wrong because the Anganwadi Centre was discussed in terms of nutrition, early childhood care and community engagement rather than conversion into a primary school. Option D is wrong because nothing in the discussion proposed turning these centres into administrative offices; their role is service delivery to children and women.