3576: What is IndoNext which was launched in January, 2005 ?

(a) A new scheme to promote Indian tourism.

(b) A new scheme to promote export of Indian handicrafts.

(c) An association of the Non-Resident Indians to organize Pravasi Bharatiya Divas every year in India.

(d) An alternative trading platform being promoted by the Bombay Stock Exchange and Regional Stock Exchanges.
3577: "Red Shirts" movement aimed at

(a) To throw out Britishers from India

(b) To promote Communist organisational activities

(c) To promote trade union activities

(d) All of the above
3578: The Government enacted the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act in 1996. Which one of the following is not identified as its objective?

(a) To provide self-governance

(b) To recognize traditional rights

(c) To create autonomous regions in tribal areas

(d) To free tribal people from exploitation
3579: A major health mission carried in 1996 was

(a) war against leprosy
(b) small-pox eradication
(c) pulse polio immunization
(d) popularisation of oral rehydration therapy
3580: Consider the following statements:

1. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the first regulatory body set up by the Government of India.
2. One of the tasks of PNGRB is to ensure competitive markets for gas.
3. Appeals against the decisions of PNGRB go before the Appellate Tribunals for Electricity.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3