2021 GS Paper I, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2021 · GS Paper I

Question 84: Polity and Governance

At the national level, which ministry is the nodal agency to ensure effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006?

aMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
bMinistry of Panchayati Raj
cMinistry of Rural Development
dMinistry of Tribal Affairs

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (d).

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is administered at the national level by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, which is the nodal agency. The Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry deals with forest conservation, and the Panchayati Raj and Rural Development ministries have roles in local governance and rural schemes, but not nodal responsibility for this Act.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Wrong: the environment ministry handles forest conservation, not the nodal role under this Act.
  • (b) Wrong: Panchayati Raj handles local governance.
  • (c) Wrong: Rural Development runs rural schemes.
  • (d) Right: the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal agency.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.