Saturday, August 22, 2020

22 August 2020 Daily Quiz Answers + Notes

 

  1. Harit Path


The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has developed a mobile App called ‘Harit Path' to monitor location, growth, species details, maintenance activities, targets and achievements of each of its field units  for each and every plant under all plantation projects.  


The app was inaugurated by the Union Minister for RTH Shri Nitin Gadkari who has instructed to ensure E-tagging of plants



  1. NHAI 


NHAI Planted 25 Lakh Plants in 25 Days under ‘Harit Bharat Sankalp’ to Mark its Silver Jubilee Year


Under this initiative, NHAI planted over 25 lakh plants in 25 days along the stretches of the National Highways between 21st July to 15th August 2020.


  1. ARCI


4. Rajasthan


5. Sarda Act 


Sarda act or Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 was passed by  Imperial Legislative Council of India under Lord Irwin, which fixed the minimum age for girls as 14 years and that of boys as 18 years.


It is popularly known as the Sarda Act after its sponsor, Harbilas Sarda.


It was amended in 1978, to prescribe 18 and 21 years for women and men, respectively.


PM Narendra Modi in his 74th Independence Day speech said the Centre had set up a committee to reconsider the minimum age of marriage for women.


A task Force set up under the chairmanship of Ms Jaya Jaitly to examine matters pertaining to correlation of age of marriage and motherhood, imperatives of lowering MMR etc.


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