EXPECTED QUESTIONS ON CURRENT NATIONAL ISSUES SET-I FOR PUNJAB/HARYANA STATE CIVIL SERVICES EXAM.

1.Explain  the efforts made by the Government to ensure that IS-10500 standard is strictlyfollowed in the supply of drinking water in

the country?

2.The Railways have started ‘work on installing Anti-Collision Devices’ to check train accidents; Suggest some  other measures must be  taken by the Railways in this regard.

3.” it is a fact that, despite the direction of the Supreme Court for compulsory registration of marriages, only a few States have enacted laws for this purpose. elucidate .

4.  “Punjab is the third amongst the States in the country facing severe power crisis.” explain .

5 Will the extent to which the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill will help , in curbing such incidents like corruption in judiciary? Discuss  in the light of  recent incident in Andhra Pradesh.

6. the Union Government has issued any directives to naxal affected States regarding implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) discuss MNREGA ‘ achievements.

7. “The mechanism devised to find out information regarding donation amount being received by the political parties,Should  the Election Commission to introduce a system under which the political parties can contest elections on Government expenditure.” discuss election reforms in india.