{"id":1426,"date":"2024-02-18T12:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T07:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:41:28","slug":"q-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct-regarding-smart-india-hackathon-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct-regarding-smart-india-hackathon-2017","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Which of the following statements is\/are correct regarding Smart India Hackathon 2017?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a centrally sponsored scheme for developing every city of our country into&nbsp;<strong>Smart Cities<\/strong>&nbsp;in a decade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is an initiative to identify new digital technology innovations for solving the many problems faced by our country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a programme aimed at making&nbsp;<strong>all the financial transactions<\/strong>&nbsp;in our country completely digital in a decade.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"smart-india-hackathon\"><strong>Smart India Hackathon:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Smart India Hackathon (SIH) was&nbsp;<strong>started in the year 2017.<\/strong>&nbsp;It was launched as a competition to&nbsp;<strong>develop innovative digital technologies<\/strong>&nbsp;to solve the issues of central government and ministries.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It aims to inculcate the&nbsp;<strong>culture of product innovation, problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking among students.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is an initiative by the&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of Education, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)<\/strong>, Persistent Systems and Inter Institutional Inclusive Innovation Centre (i4C).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It engages the youth of the country directly in the nation-building process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smart India Hackathon theme is&nbsp;<strong>\u201cNo problem is too big, No idea is too small\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"atal-mission-for-rejuvenation-and-urban-transformation-amrut\"><strong>Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT):<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a&nbsp;<strong>centrally sponsored scheme<\/strong>&nbsp;launched by the&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The main objective of AMRUT is to&nbsp;<strong>provide basic amenities to urban areas<\/strong>&nbsp;and improve the standard of living and quality of life of the poor and downtrodden people of urban areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of the first phase, about 500 cities have been covered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To ensure that&nbsp;<strong>every household has access to a tap<\/strong>&nbsp;with the assured supply of water and a&nbsp;<strong>sewerage connection.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The<strong>&nbsp;Priority zone of the Mission<\/strong>&nbsp;is water supply followed by sewerage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To increase the amenity value of cities by developing greenery and well maintained open spaces (e.g. parks).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To<strong>&nbsp;reduce pollution<\/strong>&nbsp;by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-motorized transport (e.g. walking and cycling).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Components:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capacity building, reform implementation, water supply, sewerage and septage management, storm water drainage, urban transport and development of green spaces and parks.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>reforms<\/strong>&nbsp;aim at improving delivery of citizen services, bringing down the cost of delivery, improving financial health, augmenting resources and enhancing transparency. It also includes&nbsp;<strong>replacement of street lights with LED lights.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"digital-india\"><strong>Digital India:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The program aimed at making&nbsp;<strong>all financial transactions in our country<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>completely digital is part of the Digital India<\/strong>&nbsp;initiative and making towards a cashless transaction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The money transfer is done through Debit\/ Credit cards, mobile wallets, Electronic Clearing Services (ECS), National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT), and Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), and so on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ministry responsible for promotions of digital transactions including digital payments is the&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below : Answer: (b) 2 only Smart India Hackathon: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT): Digital India:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[44],"years":[56],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-science-and-tech","years-56"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":44,"label":"Science and Tech"}],"years":[{"value":56,"label":"2017"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Science and Tech","slug":"science-and-tech","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}