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Prelims · Economy & social development · 37 questions

Poverty, inclusion, demographics & social sector

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Poverty, inclusion, demographics & social sector questions per year: 2016: 3, 2017: 2, 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2020: 0, 2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 0, 2026: 2 Asked in 9 of 11 years · most in 2019 (3)

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आयुष्मान भारत डिजिटल मिशन के सन्दर्भ में, निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए :

  1. 1.प्राइवेट अस्पतालों और सरकारी अस्पतालों को इसे अवश्य अपनाना चाहिए ।
  2. 2.चूँकि इसका लक्ष्य स्वास्थ्य की सर्वजनीन व्याप्ति है, अंततोगत्वा भारत के हर नागरिक को इसका हिस्सा हो जाना चाहिए ।
  3. 3.यह पूरे देश में निर्बाध रूप से लागू किया जा सकता है ।

उपर्युक्त कथनों में कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं ?

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With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements:

1. Private and public hospitals must adopt it.

2. As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately.

3. It has seamless portability across the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only · (b) 3 only · (c) 1 and 3 only · (d) 1, 2 and 3

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (b) केवल 3

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), launched in September 2021, builds a digital backbone so health records can move with a patient anywhere in India. The government describes it as voluntary, so neither hospitals nor citizens are compelled to join; only the portability statement holds.

  • ✗ 1. ABDM is voluntary. Hospitals, clinics and labs, public or private, choose to register on the Health Facility Registry; nothing makes adoption compulsory.
  • ✗ 2. Creating an ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) number is a citizen's choice. The mission encourages enrolment through awareness drives but does not require every citizen to be part of it.
  • ✓ 3. The ABHA number and linked records are designed to work across providers and states, so a patient can share records and get care seamlessly wherever they are.

Remember · ABDM (2021, run by the National Health Authority): voluntary, consent-based digital health ecosystem; ABHA number gives each person a portable, interoperable health record.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

भारत में, निम्नलिखित में कौन एक, उन फैक्टरियों में जिनमें कामगार नियुक्त हैं, औद्योगिक विवादों, समापनों, छँटनी और कामबंदी के विषय में सूचनाओं को संकलित करता है ?

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In India, which one of the following compiles information on industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs in factories employing workers?

(a) Central Statistics Office · (b) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade · (c) Labour Bureau · (d) National Technical Manpower Information System

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (c) श्रम ब्यूरो

The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, brings out the annual statistics on industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs. It builds them from monthly returns sent by State Labour Departments and the Regional Labour Commissioners (Central).

  • ✓ (c) The Labour Bureau (headquartered in Chandigarh, with a Shimla office) publishes the yearly report 'Statistics on Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs in India' from voluntary monthly returns.
  • ✗ (a) The Central Statistics Office (part of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) handles national accounts, industrial production and price indices, not industrial-dispute returns.
  • ✗ (b) DPIIT frames industrial and trade promotion policy and FDI policy; it does not compile labour-dispute statistics.

Remember · Labour Bureau (Ministry of Labour and Employment) is the official compiler of labour statistics, including industrial disputes, closures, retrenchments and lay-offs, and the CPI for Industrial Workers.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

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