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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The correct answer is Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, who holds the portfolios of Labour and Employment as well as Youth Affairs and Sports. 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. The Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Ramesh Krishnamurthi, and the Director General of ESIC, Ashok Kumar Singh, were present with other senior officers. Option A is wrong because the Finance Minister has no charge of these two bodies, which work under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Option C is wrong because the trade fair is hosted at Bharat Mandapam but these particular stalls belong to the labour ministry, not to commerce. Option D is wrong for the same reason. Candidates should link EPFO and ESIC firmly with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, since questions often test which ministry a scheme or body belongs to.
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Practice Questions
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 →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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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.
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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