GeM For Cooperatives - Bamboo

Question 1

Which is a one-stop National Public Procurement Portal to facilitate online procurement of common use Goods & Services required by various Central and State Government Departments/Organisations/Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)?

Answer 1

Government-e-Marketplace (GeM)

Question 2

Nodal Ministry:

Answer 2

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Question 3

Launch:

Answer 3

2016

Question 4

the government of India has dedicated a window ____ on the GeM (Government e-Marketplace) portal for the marketing of Bamboo Goods

Answer 4

‘The Green Gold Collection’

is the collective work of the National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and GeM

Question 5

____ as launched in 2018-19 for the holistic development of the complete value chain of the bamboo sector and is being implemented in a hub & spoke model

Answer 5

National Bamboo Mission

Question 6

Nodal Ministry of National Bamboo Mission:

Answer 6

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Question 7

___is observed as World Bamboo Day by the World Bamboo Organisation.

Answer 7

18 September

Question 8

___ is the world’s second-largest cultivator of bamboo

Answer 8

India

China is the first

Question 9

___ is an international coordinating body for bamboo practitioners dedicated to promoting the use of bamboo and bamboo products for the sake of the environment and economy.

Answer 9

World Bamboo Organization
* was set up at the 1992 International Bamboo Congress in Japan

Question 10

World Bamboo Day : It was officially established by the World Bamboo organization at the —-

Answer 10

8th World Bamboo Congress held in Bangkok in 2009

Question 11

The United Nations General Assembly had declared the year ___ as the International Year of Cooperatives

Answer 11

2012

Question 12

____ is an agricultural country and laid the foundation of World’s biggest cooperative movement in the world

Answer 12

India