The Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) was first introduced in which year?
- A.2015
- B.2024
- C.2019
- D.2026
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Explanation
The correct answer is 2015. The code was introduced in that year as a voluntary, industry-led self-regulatory mechanism meant to promote ethical pharmaceutical marketing and to regulate the interactions between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals. Option B is the year of the revised code: UCPMP 2024 superseded the earlier version, strengthened the implementation framework and is the code currently in operation, so it is the successor and not the original. Option C does not correspond to either version of the code. Option D is the year in which the review committee was constituted, which is a separate step altogether and not the year the code came into being. A clean way to remember the sequence is voluntary code first, stronger code next, and a committee to review the machinery around the stronger code last.
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Practice Questions
Who has been named the Chairperson of the committee constituted to review pharmaceutical marketing practices?
- A.Smt. Preeti Sudan
- B.Dr. Naresh Trehan
- C.Dr. M. Srinivas
- D.The Union Health Secretary
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The correct answer is Dr. M. Srinivas, a Member of NITI Aayog, who has been named the Chairperson of the committee set up by the Department of Pharmaceuticals to examine the framework governing pharmaceutical marketing practices.
Read the full explanation →Within what period must the committee on pharmaceutical marketing practices submit its recommendations?
- A.Two months from the date of its first meeting
- B.Six months from the date of its constitution
- C.One year from the date of its first meeting
- D.Three months from the date of its constitution
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The order constituting the committee sets that period and also requires the panel to complete the consultative process it has been asked to undertake before submitting its recommendations.
Read the full explanation →Under which law was the regional review series on forest rights conducted?
- A.The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
- B.The Indian Forest Act, 1927
- C.The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
- D.The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
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The review covered claims received and disposed of under this law, the titles distributed, Community Forest Resource Rights and habitat rights for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, all of which flow from this statute.
Read the full explanation →Habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act have so far been recognised for how many of the country’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups?
- A.75 of 75
- B.11 of 75
- C.20 of 75
- D.11 of 20
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The Ministry of Tribal Affairs noted that habitat rights have been recognised for only this small number out of all the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in the country, and for that reason it urged the States to expedite recognition and to build a habitat rights roadmap for each group.
Read the full explanation →As of 31 August 2026, what share of the Forest Rights Act claims received in the country had been disposed of?
- A.80.64 per cent
- B.54 per cent
- C.43.56 per cent
- D.25.42 per cent
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The Ministry reported that about 54 lakh claims had been received across the country and that 43.56 lakh of them, which is this share, had been disposed of by that date.
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