Economics Miscellaneous (Part – IV)

V.V. Giri National Labour Institute is located at Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The institute was established in 1974, as an autonomous body of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

The National Institute (Formerly Centre) for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research is located at New Delhi. It was established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in the year 1991.

State Land Use Boards, National Land Use and Conservation Board and National Land Resources Conservation and Wastelands Developments Council all of these were established to ensure that scarce land resources are put to optimal use and to take measures for conservation, management and development of cultivable land resources. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

All three statements are incorrect. Finance Commission is a statutory (constitutional) body under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution. Planning Commission was a non-statutory body and R.B.I. was nationalized on 1 January, 1949.

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute was established in Kochi, Kerala in 1947. Central Sheep Breeding Farm is located at Hisar, Haryana. National Dairy Research Institute was established in Bangalore in 1923, which was transferred to Karnal in 1955. National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management is situated at Hyderabad.

Roche Holding AG is a Switzerland based pharmaceuticals and diagnostic company. This company is engaged in healthcare. Other pairs are correctly matched. Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

The National Water Development Agency (NWDA), a registered society under the Ministry of Jal Shakti was set up in the year 1982 to carry out detailed studies, surveys and investigations in respect of Peninsular Component of National Perspective Plan for Water Resources Development. The Government subsequently modified the functions of NWDA to include the Himalayan Component of National Perspective Plan for Water Resources Development in the year 1990.

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It was established as an autonomous and not-for-profit organization in the year 1983.

The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) is situated in Noida (U.P.). It is a premier organization of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, engaged in training. consultancy, research, etc. in order to promote entrepreneur- ship and skill development. It was established in 1983 under Societies Registration Act, 1860 by the Government of India.

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (National Museum of Mankind) is located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Its objectives are to present an integrated story of the Evolution of man and culture with special reference to India; to take steps to salvage and preserve the fast vanishing aspect of the Indian culture; to promote and conduct research in the related subjects and provide funds; etc.