Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North East Region (PM-DevINE)

Question 1

PM-DevINE Scheme

Answer 1

• is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% Central funding
• will be implemented by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region through North Eastern Council or Central Ministries/ agencies(G KISHAN REDDY)
• was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23
• to be implement from 2022-23 to 2025-26(4 YEARS)

Question 2

____ is a constitutional body, that determines the method and formula for distributing the tax proceeds between the Centre and states, and among the states as per the constitutional arrangement and present requirements.

Answer 2

Finance Commission (FC)

Question 3

Under ____ of the Constitution, the President of India is required to constitute a Finance Commission at an interval of five years or earlier.

Answer 3

Article 280

Question 4

___ is a diplomatic initiative to promote economic, strategic and cultural relations with the vast Asia-Pacific region at different levels

Answer 4

‘Act East Policy’

November, 2014

upgrade of the “Look East Policy”

Question 5

Who launched Look East policy in 1992, to give a strategic push to India’s engagement with the South-East Asia region?

Answer 5

P V Narasimha Rao

Question 6

Prime minister of India highlighted 4C’s of Act East Policy

Answer 6

Culture
Commerce
Connectivity
Capacity building

Question 7

____ aims to provide a platform for India-Japan collaboration under the rubric of India’s “Act East Policy” and Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy”.

Answer 7

India-Japan Act East Forum

established in 2017

Question 8

Which rail between India and Bangladesh?

Answer 8

Agartala-Akhaura Rail Link

laying 5.46 km track on India & laying 10.6 km track on Bangladesh

Question 9

The PM-DevINE Scheme will have an outlay of Rs.(?)

Answer 9

6,600 crore

Question 10

Which scheme is provided to the State Governments of North Eastern Region for the projects of physical infrastructure relating to water supply, power and connectivity enhancing tourism and Social infrastructure relating to primary and secondary sectors of education and health.?

Answer 10

North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme” (NESIDS)

Question 11

___ is to fill up the gap in infrastructure sector of the North Eastern Region through sanctioning the projects prioritised by the State Governments

Answer 11

Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme

in 1998

Question 12

____ is a one-time package that covers projects, prioritized by the State Governments as per their requirement, which, inter alia, include construction of new roads and bridges, re-establishment of new sub-stations/transmission lines, construction/upgradation of hospitals, establishment of schools, water supply projects etc.

Answer 12

Social and Infrastructure Development Fund (SIDF)
* especially for Arunachal Pradesh and other border areas facing special problems that cannot be tackled through normal schemes

Question 13

___ to set up the North East Venture Fund ,to invest in Start-Ups and unique business opportunities to provide resources for new entrepreneurships

Answer 13

North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi)

Question 14

___ is to bring in the latest and advanced technologies to the North-Eastern region to help the women farmers and other artisans living there

Answer 14

Science & Technology Interventions in the North East Region (STINER)

Question 15

____ is “To improve rural livelihoods especially that of women, unemployed youth and the most disadvantaged, in four North Eastern States”

Answer 15

North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP)

Question 16

____ aims at delineating progress at the district level on a basket of indicators and enhancing analytical understanding of sectoral issues as well as data gaps, while assisting in designing future courses of action in the NE.

Answer 16

NER District Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index 2021-22
* East Sikkim [Score 75.87] ranks first
* North Tripura [Score 75.73] in the second position.

Question 17

___ would help register artisans and weavers online and collect authentic data through the app in NE

Answer 17

North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation Limited (NEHHDC) Mobile Application

Question 18

____ was established as a joint initiative of Department of Space (DOS) and the North Eastern Council (NEC) in order of augmenting the developmental process in the region by providing the advanced space technology support.

Answer 18

North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC)

came into being on 5th of September, 2000