TRAI's Thirteenth Amendment of 2026 mandates special tariff vouchers of what kind?

The correct answer is Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. TRAI, the sector's regulator, released the Thirteenth Amendment on 22 September 2026 after a draft issued on 7 April 2026 drew 1,132 responses and an open house discussion on 15 June 2026. The amendment obliges operators to offer voice-and-SMS-only special tariff vouchers for validities of 30 days and less, so that users who do not need data are not forced to buy bundled packs.

The Department of Telecommunications is the government department that makes policy and issues licences, not tariff regulations. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) hears appeals against TRAI's decisions rather than issuing regulations. The Ministry of Electronics and IT deals with electronics, IT and semiconductors. For telecom tariffs, quality of service and consumer protection, the regulator is always TRAI.

The correct answer is Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister of Labour and Employment and of Youth Affairs and Sports, who chaired the first day of the conference. Option A, Shobha Karandlaje, is the Minister of State for Labour and Employment and for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, and she was present at the same session but did not chair it, which makes her the closest distractor. Option C, Dr Chandra Bhushan Kumar, is the Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and he delivered the opening remarks on the second day, where he spoke about the skill ecosystem, the dignity of labour, worker mobility across states and borders, occupational health and the greater use of actuarial analysis in designing welfare measures. Option D names a minister holding a different portfolio. Keeping the minister, the minister of state and the secretary apart is the whole point of a question like this.

The correct answer is Rajasthan. In the session on the roles and responsibilities of BOCW Welfare Boards in the light of the new labour codes, several States and Union Territories presented their own initiatives. Rajasthan spoke about its Digital Labour Chowks, which take the traditional gathering point where daily wage workers wait for work and give it a digital form so that workers and employers can find each other more easily. Option A, Uttar Pradesh, presented its work on skill development of building workers. Option B, Bihar, highlighted the Shram Seva Suvidha Kendras. Option D, Assam, presented the Nirman Sakhi Portal. All four are genuine presentations from the same session, which is exactly why this question is worth preparing as a matching set rather than as a single fact.

The correct answer is Mumbai. The two-day conference was organised by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra and concluded in the city on the second day. It brought together representatives of the Union Government, the State and Union Territory governments, the BOCW Welfare Boards and other stakeholders to discuss welfare, skilling, employment and social protection for construction workers. Option A, New Delhi, is the default guess for a national conference and is therefore the most tempting wrong answer. Options C and D name other cities of Maharashtra, which is the partner state, and they test whether the candidate has the city right rather than only the state. A reliable way to hold the fact is to pair the host state with its capital here, since the state government was the partner in organising the conference.

The correct answer is 'humanity first' and 'people-centric'. The release describes the second stamp as displaying the logo of India's BRICS Chairship together with these two ideas, which India placed at the heart of its year at the head of the grouping. The first stamp, by contrast, is described as embodying the emergence of BRICS as a platform carrying the spirit of mutual respect, understanding and solidarity. Both stamps also reflect the priorities of the Chairship under the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'. Options A, C and D pair words that sound like policy slogans but do not appear in the announcement about the stamps. A candidate who remembers that India described its Chairship as people-centric and humanity-first will be able to answer this question and several others on the same Summit, since the phrase recurs in the Prime Minister's remarks as well.