{"id":96794,"date":"2020-06-26T08:11:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T08:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=96794"},"modified":"2020-06-26T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T08:11:52","slug":"urjit-patel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/urjit-patel\/","title":{"rendered":"Urjit Patel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Consider the following statements with respect to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY (NIPFP):<\/strong><br>(1) NIPFP is an autonomous body under Ministry of Finance.<br>(2) It maintains an independent non-government character and pursues research in public policy<br><strong>Which of the above statements is\/are correct?<\/strong><br>(a) 1 only<br>(b) 2 only<br>(c) Both 1 and 2<br>(d) None of these<br><strong>Answer:(b)<br>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Almost 18 months after his early exit as Reserve Bank of India Governor, Urjit Patel has been appointed as the chairman of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), India\u2019s premier economic think tank.<\/li><li><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/li><li>NIPFP is an autonomous body set up jointly by the Ministry of Finance, the erstwhile Planning Commission, and several state governments.<\/li><li>It maintains an independent non-government character and pursues research in public policy, advising the Central government as well as states.<\/li><li>It was founded in 1976 and is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.<\/li><li>NIPFP\u2019s Governing Council includes the Revenue Secretary, Economic Affairs Secretary and the Chief Economic Advisor from the Union Finance Ministry, besides representatives from Niti Aayog, RBI and three state governments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/urjit-patel-is-back-as-chief-of-key-economic-think-tank-6467265\/#:~:text=Almost%2018%20months%20after%20his,NIPFP%20for%20almost%20six%20years.\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/urjit-patel-is-back-as-chief-of-key-economic-think-tank-6467265\/#:~:text=Almost%2018%20months%20after%20his,NIPFP%20for%20almost%20six%20years.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements with respect to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY (NIPFP):(1) NIPFP is an autonomous body under Ministry of Finance.(2) It maintains an independent non-government character and pursues research in public policyWhich of the above statements is\/are correct?(a) 1 only(b) 2 only(c) Both 1 and 2(d) None of theseAnswer:(b)Context: Almost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[7424],"class_list":["post-96794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pers","tag-current-affairs-famous-persons___en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}