17th March 2025

Explanation - India is indeed one of the largest consumers of electronic products in the world, with domestic demand for consumer electronics expected to reach $21.18 billion by 2025. The Government of India has launched the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to boost domestic manufacturing of electronic products, offering incentives on incremental sales from products manufactured in India. However, while Bengaluru is an important technology hub, it is not specifically mentioned as the electronics manufacturing hub of India in the given search results. Therefore, only statements 1 and 2 are correct.

Explanation - Assam Rifles is the oldest paramilitary force raised way back in 1835 in British India with just 750 men. Since then it has gone on to fight in two World Wars, the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and used as an anti-insurgency force against militant groups in the North East. Raised as a militia to protect British tea estates and its settlements from the raids of the NE tribes, the force was first known as Cachar Levy. It was reorganised later as Assam Frontier Force as its role was expanded to conduct punitive operations beyond Assam borders. It is the only paramilitary force with a dual control structure. While the administrative control of the force is with the MHA, its operational control is with the Indian Army, which is under the MoD. This means that salaries and infrastructure for the force is provided by the MHA, but the deployment, posting, transfer and deputation of the personnel is decided by the Army. All its senior ranks, from DG to IG and sector headquarters, are manned by officers from the Army. The force is commanded by Lieutenant General from the Indian Army.

Explanation - Forex reserves or foreign exchange reserves (FX reserves) are assets that are held by a nation's central bank or monetary authority. Generally, forex should only contain foreign bank notes, foreign treasury bills, foreign bank deposits, and long and short-term foreign government securities. But, in practice, it also contains gold reserves, IMF reserve positions and SDRs or special drawing rights

Explanation - Raisina Dialogue was first held in 2016 and since its inception, it has emerged as India's flagship conference on geoeconomics and geopolitics. It is a multilateral conference committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. Every year, global leaders in policy, business, media and civil society are hosted in New Delhi to discuss cooperation on a wide range of pertinent international policy matters. The name Raisina Dialogue comes from Raisina Hill. It is an elevation in New Delhi, the seat of the Government of India and the Presidential Palace of India, Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Dialogue is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral discussion, involving heads of state, cabinet ministers and local government officials, as well as major private sector executives, members of the media and academics. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India