Important information:

India nuclear insurance pool – launched as per the provisions of the civil liability for nuclear
damage act. It provides insurance coverage to operators and suppliers for any nuclear
liability towards third party.

Taxol – obtained from bark of yew tree – pacific – used to treat cancer.

Financial Action Task Force – intergovernmental organization est in 1989 – objective – to set
standards for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the
integrity of the international financial system. FATF is therefore a policy making body which
works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory
reforms in these areas.
India is a member of it.

Birdlife International - it is a global partnership of conservation organizations that strives to

conserve birds and their habitats. It is not a part of UN.

Sea cucumber – endangered IUCN. Marine animals with a leathery skin – found on the sea
floor.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority – not statutory – formed via gazette resolution.
Apart from monitoring the availability of drugs it also renders advice to the central govt. on
changes/revisions in the drug policy

Kala azar – caused by protozoan parasite - It is a slow progressing indigenous disease caused
by a protozoan parasite of genus Leishmania, that is a vector borne disease transmitted by
Sandfly (India) It is also known as black fever, dumdum fever. It is endemic in the eastern
states of India namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Coconut development board - statutory body - est. under Ministry of Agriculture

Trade Parity Pricing Methodology used by Oil Marketing Companies to compute the Retail
Selling Price of Petrol and Diesel. TPP consists of 80% of import parity price and 20% of
export parity price

Recent amendments made to the Child Labour (Prohibition and regulation) Act, 1986 - it
prohibits employment of all children below 14 years in all occupations except family owned
enterprises but that too after school hours.

Nuclear power projects built without any foreign dependence - Kakrapar Atomic Power
Project – Gujarat – at banks of Tapti river