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GENERAL 177

FEMALE 156

OPEN

SPORTS 121

GENERAL 171

FEMALE 146

SC

SPORTS 111

GENERAL 144

ST

FEMALE 117

GENERAL 165

DT (A)

FEMALE 124

GENERAL 161

NT (B)

FEMALE 145

GENERAL 163

SBC

FEMALE 156

GENERAL 177

NT (C)

FEMALE 153

GENERAL 177

NT (D)

FEMALE 156

GENERAL 177

OBC FEMALE 156

SPORTS 121

Blindness or Low

Vision

133

Locomotor disability

or Cerebral palsy

PH 177

Hearing Impairment 150

NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY OFFICE (NSSO)

The National Sample Survey Office(NSSO) in India is a unique setup to carry out surveys on socio-economic, demographic, agricultural and industrial subjects for collecting data from house holds and from enterprises located in villages and in the towns. It is a focal agency of the Govt. of India for collection of statistical data in the areas which are vital for developmental planning. The National Sample Survey Directorate was first setup in the country in the ministry of finance in 1950. The directorate was subsequently transferred to the cabinet secretariat in 1957 and subsequently in 1970 it became a part of NSSO in the department of statistics under the ministry of planning. Since 1999 it is under the newly created Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI).




The NSSO has four divisions
1) Survey Design and Research (SDR)2) Field Operations Division (FOD
3) Data Processing
4) Economic Analysis.

Objectives of NSSO:
i) To provide statistical and other information for the purpose of state or national planning and policy requirements.
ii) To evolve statistical techniques for the analysis of statistical data, the solutions of administrative problems and estimation of future trends.
iii) To collect and publish information which will be of use to those engaged in economic activities in the country.
iv) To provide and analyse information which are useful to research workers in socioeconomic fields.

Functions of NSSO:
i) To conduct large scale sample surveys on subjects like household consumer expenditure, employment and unemployment, health and medical services etc.
ii) It decides the topics to be covered in a particular survey round.
iii) Agricultural wing of FOD, NSSO has the overall responsibility of assisting the states by developing suitable survey techniques for obtaining reliable and timely estimates of crop yield.
iv) It conducts annual survey of industries (ASI) every year.
v) NSSO every year brings out reports on status of estimation of agricultural production in India.
vi) NSSO has the central responsibility of coordinating the results of the crop estimation surveys conducted by the states.

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1. जागतिक अजिंक्यपद बॅडमिंटन स्पर्धेत नुकतीच वैयक्तिक पदक जिंकणारी पहिली भारतीय महिला कोण? -पी व्ही सिंधू
2. महत्वाकांक्षी 'Integrated Action Plan' (IAP) हा देशातील किती नक्षलग्रस्त जिल्ह्यांमध्ये राबविला जाणार आहे? -88
3. आधारभूत संरचनेच्या विकासासाठी तयार करण्यात आलेला केंद्राच्या 'Integrated Action Plan' (IAP) ची अंमलबजावणी महाराष्ट्रातील एकूण किती जिल्ह्यांमध्ये होणार आहे? -2
4. देशातील पहिल्या सायबर फोरेन्सिक प्रयोगशाळेचे उद्घाटन नुकतेच कोणत्या उच्च न्यायालयात करण्यात आले? -त्रिपुरा उच्च न्यायालय
5. दरवर्षी ऑगस्ट महिन्याच्या दुसऱ्या शनिवारी 'नौकानयन स्पर्धेचे नेहरू चषक कोणत्या राज्यात आयोजित केले जाते? -केरळ
6. राजीव गांधी खेळरत्न पुरस्कारा साठी निवड झालेला रोंजन सोधी कोणत्या खेळ प्रकाराशी निगडीत आहे? -नेमबाजी
7. देशातील सर्वात मोठी झोत भट्टी (blast furnace) नुकतीच कोणत्या स्टील प्लांट मध्ये कार्यान्वित करण्यात आली आहे? -रुरकेला स्टील प्लांट
8. नुकत्याच कार्यान्वित करण्यात आलेल्या देशातील सर्वात मोठ्या झोत भट्टी (blast furnace) चे नाव काय? -दुर्गा
9. जगातील सर्वात उंचावर असलेल्या ५ पवन चक्क्या नुकत्याच कोणत्या देशात उभारण्यात आल्या आहेत? -चीन
10. मक्का अन मदिना ह्या शहरांना जोडणाऱ्या रेल्वेमार्गा साठी ६०००० टन उच्च प्रतीच्या रूळपट्ट्या बनविण्याची ऑर्डर नुकतीच कोणत्या भारतीय कंपनीला मिळाली आहे? -टाटा स्टील
11. संपूर्णपणे भारतीय बनावटीची विमानवाहू नौका ____ हिचे नुकतेच कोची येथे अनावरण करण्यात आले. -INS विक्रांत
12. आधार कार्डशी संलग्न असलेल्या बँक खात्यात शासकीय कर्मचाऱ्यांचे वेतन जमा करणारे ___ हे देशातील पहिले राज्य ठरले आहे. -महाराष्ट्र

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INSAT-3D, the Advanced Meteorological Satellite of India Launched Successfully

INSAT-3D, the advanced meteorological satellite of India was launched successfully by the European rocket, Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket, from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on 26 July 2013.
The satellite will give a push to the weather forecasting as well as help in facilitating disaster warning services.
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket of European space consortium launched the Alphasat satellites as well as INSAT-3D. Alphasat is the largest-ever telecommunication satellite of Europe.
This satellite is the result of large-scale public-private partnership between Inmarsat as well as European Space Agency.

Features of INSAT-3D

• The new satellite, INSAT-3D will be operational for next seven years, i.e., up to 2020.
• The aim of the satellite is to make a crucial difference to the disaster warning systems as well as weather forecasting of India.
• INSAT-3D will also provide monitoring of the ocean as well as land areas, apart from providing meteorological observation.
• INSAT-3D will facilitate new dimension to the weather monitoring because of its atmospheric sounding system. The atmospheric sounding system provides the vertical profiles of integrated ozone, humidity as well as temperature, from top of the atmosphere.
• It is important to note that the imaging system and mechanism of INSAT-3D has a lot of improvement in comparison to INSAT-3A as well as KALPANA.
• The satellite has the lift-off mass of 2060 kg.
• It will facilitate continuity to the previous missions as well as also help in increasing the capability of providing meteorological and search and rescue services.
• INSAT-3D carries the newly developed 19 channel sounder, which is the first payload of this kind to be flown to the ISRO satellite mission.
The primary users of the Satellite Aided Search and Rescue service in India include Directorate General of Shipping, Defence Services, fishermen, Indian Coast Guard as well as Airports Authority of India.
The alert services include a wide area of Indian Ocean region, as well as covers Sri Lanka, Tanzania, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Seychelles, Bhutan and Maldives.

National child policy 2012
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Sexual Harassment Bill, 2013
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1. Airtel has announced the launch of their voice service, “Apna Chaupal”, that will provide information in regional languages on agriculture, devotion, jibs, health and education.
2. ‘One Billion Rising’ was a campaign held on February 14, 2013, to protest violence against women.
3. India’s first wildlife skywalk will come up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary in Sikkim.
4. The Union Budget 2013 has proposed setting up of two ports—one in Sagar, West Bengal and the other in Andhra Pradesh
   The new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31 January 2013 to stay in touch with its space station astronauts- TDRS(Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)
5. Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4 February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman
6. President of Republic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award- Rajkeswur Purryag
7. The King of Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013 and was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
8. Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 -Operation Three Star
9. The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of February 2013 because of the fears of Hindi invasion- Bangladesh
   
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