Some important committees

1. Bhagat Singh Koshiyari committee report submitted on 19^th December 2011 was based on :
   1. Rail safety
   2. One Rank One pension in defence forces
   3. Restructuring of Air India
   4. None of these.
       
2. Which of the following is not the recommendation of The Bibek Debroy committee report on “Mobilization of Resources for Major Railway Projects and Restructuring of Railway Ministry and Railway Board” ,submitted in 2015 (Deliberately 6 options have been provided to enhance the knowledge of the candidate)
   1. Establishment of Railway Regulatory Authority of India (RRAI) as an independent regulatory body in 5 years
   2. Transition to commercial accounting
   3. Decentralisation at the bottom level duties
   4. Privatisation of majority of units
   5. To place all existing production units are under a government SPV known as the Indian Railway Manufacturing Company (IRMC).
   6. To progressively merge the Railway budget with the General Budget
       
3. The High Level Committee (HLC) for Restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) chaired by Shanta Kumar has submitted its report in January 2015. Which of the following statement is not the correct recommendation of the committee
   1. FCI should outsource its stocking operations to various agencies such as Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Warehousing Corporation (SWC), and Private Sector under Private Entrepreneur Guarantee (PEG) scheme.
   2. Restructuring the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by diluting its scope and coverage from 67 per cent of population to about 52 per cent population.
   3. Gradual introduction of cash transfers in PDS, starting with Class I cities
   4. A transparent liquidation policy to overcome challenges in storing excess stock (Buffer Stock).
       
4. Which of these committee is set-up to fast track bullet-train project
   1. Mr. Arvind Panagariya
   2. Mr. Sam Pitroda
   3. Mr. RM Lodha
   4. Mr. Bibek Debroy

Answers

1. b , The Parliamentary Committee on Petitions on Grant of OROP, named after its Chairman, Bhagat Singh Koshyari
2. d, it recommended to encourage private participation in various Railway infrastructure services and non-core activities like production and construction but not the privatisation
3. b, 40%
4. a, The committee will interact with the Japanese counterpart for taking further steps in implementation of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor