What is the full form of the NAMASTE scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment?
- A.National Mission for Safe Toilets and Sanitation
- B.National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem
- C.National Agency for Municipal Sanitation and Training
- D.National Assistance for Manual Scavengers and Their Employment
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Explanation
The correct answer is National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem. The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and works on the occupational safety, health protection and livelihood security of sanitation workers. The account released by the ministry describes a sanitation worker of Pondicherry Municipality who had cleaned sewers and septic tanks for over 15 years, often without protective gear, and who received a Personal Protective Equipment kit in 2025 consisting of protective overalls, heavy-duty gloves, gumboots, a face mask and a safety helmet, together with awareness training on safe sanitation practices. Options A, C and D are wrong because none of them is the scheme's name, although each is built from words that sound close to the sanitation sector; candidates are often tested on exactly this distinction. Note also the outcome recorded in the account: with better protection his health improved, work absences fell and his monthly earnings rose from about Rs 12,000 to between Rs 16,000 and Rs 18,000.
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Practice Questions
The National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students (NFSC) provides which combination of support to a research scholar?
- A.Only a monthly fellowship amount
- B.Fellowship, House Rent Allowance and a contingency grant
- C.A one-time research grant and a laptop
- D.Tuition fee waiver and hostel accommodation
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These are the three components named in the account the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment released about a Scheduled Caste doctoral scholar from Darjeeling in West Bengal, who has drawn assistance under the scheme since November 2022 amounting to Rs 18,41,870 so far.
Read the full explanation →Under which scheme did a Scheduled Caste student from Maharashtra receive tuition fees of 39,800 pounds for a postgraduate course at University College London?
- A.National Overseas Scholarship
- B.Top Class Education Scholarship
- C.Pre-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes
- D.Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana
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In the financial year 2025-26 it met tuition fees of 39,800 pounds and a maintenance allowance of 9,900 pounds for the student in question, besides airfare, visa fees, insurance and other admissible academic expenses, and he is now reading for an MSc in Construction Economics and Management at University College…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following did the Union Minister of State ask farmers to rely on while deciding how much fertiliser to apply?
- A.Kisan Credit Card
- B.Soil Health Card
- C.PM-Kisan registration number
- D.Agmark certificate
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Speaking at the Khet Bachao Abhiyan programme, the Minister said soil must be treated as a living resource and that farm inputs should be balanced and need-based rather than applied out of habit.
Read the full explanation →Which institute organised the Khet Bachao Abhiyan programme attended by Shri Ram Nath Thakur in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal?
- A.ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology
- B.ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education
- C.ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning
- D.ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute
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The correct answer is the ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology, known as ICAR-NINFET, which organised the programme at Subhasnagar in the Swarupnagar Block of North 24 Parganas district.
Read the full explanation →Khet Bachao Abhiyan, the nationwide campaign held from 22 October to 30 November 2026, is a drive of which ministry?
- A.Ministry of Rural Development
- B.Ministry of Jal Shakti
- C.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
- D.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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Khet Bachao Abhiyan is its countrywide drive for the Rabi season, running from 22 October to 30 November 2026, and the Minister who joined the West Bengal programme, Shri Ram Nath Thakur, is a Minister of State in that ministry.
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