Which department organises the National e-Governance Webinar series, whose 22nd edition was held in October 2026?
- A.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
- B.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- C.NITI Aayog
- D.Department of Personnel and Training
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), which works under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. DARPG organised the 22nd National e-Governance Webinar on 23 October 2026, chaired by its Joint Secretary Shri Avanish Kumar Mishra, and more than 360 officials from Union ministries, state governments, districts, local bodies and temple management bodies took part. The series exists to publicise initiatives that win the National Awards for e-Governance so that other states and districts can copy them. Option B is wrong because the webinar was not organised by the electronics and IT ministry, even though the projects shown are technology-based. Option C is wrong because NITI Aayog had no role here. Option D is wrong because the Department of Personnel and Training, though in the same ministry, is not the organiser of this series.
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Practice Questions
The TRINETRA AI-based video surveillance system has been deployed around which temple?
- A.Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi
- B.Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain
- C.Somnath Temple, Gujarat
- D.Jagannath Temple, Puri
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TRINETRA was built for the Mahakal Rudrasagar Integrated Development Area in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, which includes the Mahakaleshwar Temple, and it was implemented with Ujjain Smart City Limited and the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee.
Read the full explanation →The Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) assesses gram panchayats using how many indicators?
- A.75 indicators
- B.120 indicators
- C.150 indicators
- D.216 indicators
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The Panchayat Advancement Index, a framework of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, measures the performance of gram panchayats across nine Localized Sustainable Development Goal themes, and it does so with 150 indicators and 230 data points.
Read the full explanation →How many Civil Defence Volunteers is each trained Master Trainer expected to train in their own State or Union Territory?
- A.25
- B.50
- C.100
- D.500
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Under the structured Master Trainer model, every Master Trainer who completes the Army course will go back and train 100 Civil Defence Volunteers in their own State or Union Territory.
Read the full explanation →Which body of the Ministry of Home Affairs is running the Civil Defence Master Trainer programme with the Indian Army?
- A.National Disaster Response Force
- B.National Disaster Management Authority
- C.Directorate General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards
- D.Bureau of Police Research and Development
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The announcement states that this directorate of the Ministry of Home Affairs, working in coordination with the Indian Army, is undertaking the pilot initiative to strengthen Civil Defence preparedness through specialised training of Master Trainers.
Read the full explanation →How many Civil Defence Master Trainers are to be trained by the Indian Army in the first phase of the new joint initiative?
- A.300
- B.600
- C.1,200
- D.6,000
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The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that in the first phase a total of 600 Civil Defence Master Trainers, 50 from each participating State or Union Territory, are proposed to be trained by the second week of November 2026 through a three-day specialised programme at designated Indian Army training…
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