Daily Current Affairs Test | 1st August 2026

With reference to the legal frameworks governing migrant workers in India, consider the following statements: 1. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 applies to establishments or contractors employing 5 or more inter-state migrant workmen. 2. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code, 2020 expands the definition of migrant workers to include directly recruited and self-migrated workers, provided their monthly wages fall within the prescribed ceiling. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following Constitutional provisions directly guarantees Indian citizens the fundamental right to move freely throughout the territory of India and reside/settle in any part thereof?

Regarding the socio-economic dynamics of distress seasonal out-migration from rural Chhattisgarh, consider the following statements: 1. Heavy reliance on rainfed mono-cropping (paddy) generates a prolonged post-monsoon agricultural lean season (November to May). 2. Major out-migration belts in the state include districts like Janjgir-Champa, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, and Raigarh. 3. The monetary advance given by informal recruitment agents (Sardars/Mukkadams) to tie seasonal workers to contracts is locally termed Peshgi. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Central Scheme for Assistance to Civilian Victims of Terrorist/Communal/Insurgency Violence, what financial assistance is provided in the event of death or permanent incapacitation?

Which digital database portal was created by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment to register unorganized and migrant workers, issuing them a 12-digit Universal Account Number (UAN) for portable social security benefits?

Under the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA), which institution holds the statutory right to mandatory consultation prior to land acquisition for development projects in Scheduled Areas?

The Jagdalpur–Raoghat Railway Line Project in Chhattisgarh is strategic to Bastar's infrastructure framework primarily because it:

Which of the following Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) recognized in Chhattisgarh is natively concentrated in the hilly terrain of Abujhmad in the Narayanpur district of Bastar division?

What primary modification does the Arunachal Pradesh Model introduce under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to address connectivity challenges in low-density, dispersed tribal regions like Bastar?

Consider the following statements regarding the Indravati River, the primary river system of the Bastar division: 1. It is a major left-bank tributary of the Godavari River. 2. It forms the Chitrakoot Waterfalls near Jagdalpur. 3. It originates in the Eastern Ghats of Kalahandi district, Odisha. Which of the statements given above are correct?