Shri Ramesh Krishnamurthi, who attended the opening of the EPFO Lounge at IITF 2026, holds which post?
- A.Director General, ESIC
- B.Central Provident Fund Commissioner
- C.Insurance Commissioner, ESIC
- D.Union Labour Secretary
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Explanation
The correct answer is Central Provident Fund Commissioner, the post that heads the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, and it is held by Shri Ramesh Krishnamurthi. Option A is wrong because the Director General of ESIC is Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, who was also present at the function. Option C is wrong because the Insurance Commissioner of ESIC is the officer who reviews the replies that come in each day through the new QR-code feedback system at the pavilion, a different role altogether. Option D is wrong because no such designation was named at the event. Both officers joined Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports, at the inauguration at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Aspirants should learn the designations that head the two social security bodies, since appointment and organisation questions turn on exactly these titles.
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Practice Questions
Who inaugurated the EPFO Lounge and the ESIC Pavilion at the India International Trade Fair 2026?
- A.The Union Finance Minister
- B.Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Labour and Employment
- C.The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
- D.The Union Home Minister
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He opened both the provident fund lounge and the insurance corporation pavilion at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, and then toured the counters and spoke with visitors.
Read the full explanation →In which hall of Bharat Mandapam are the EPFO Lounge and the ESIC Pavilion set up during IITF 2026?
- A.Hall No. 2
- B.Hall No. 4
- C.Hall No. 7
- D.Hall No. 11
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Both spaces are housed in the same hall of Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi and stay open to the public from 14 to 27 November 2026, through the run of the trade fair.
Read the full explanation →Which institution carried out the independent assessment that found a 61 percent rise in average monthly household income of Lakhpati Didi households?
- A.IIM Ahmedabad
- B.NITI Aayog
- C.National Sample Survey Office
- D.Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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The assessment was described as an independent one, covered 6,531 respondents across 17 states and union territories, and reported that average monthly household income in Lakhpati Didi homes was higher by 61 percent while average monthly savings were higher by 61.7 percent.
Read the full explanation →By when is the initiative aiming to create six crore Lakhpati Didis?
- A.March 2027
- B.March 2028
- C.March 2029
- D.March 2030
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The goal has been revised more than once. When the drive was announced on 15 August 2023 the aim was two crore women from self-help group households; the Interim Budget of February 2024 raised it to three crore; that three-crore mark was met ahead of time by December 2025; and…
Read the full explanation →Under which mission is the Lakhpati Didi initiative being implemented?
- A.Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin
- B.Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission
- C.Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
- D.PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
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The Lakhpati Didi drive was built on top of this mission rather than given a separate structure of its own, because DAY-NRLM already organises women of poor rural households into self-help groups and links them to savings, banks, credit, training and markets.
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