4th September 2024

Explanation - Law Commission of India is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body. It is
truly an ad hoc and advisory body whose work is to do research and make recommendations for law
reforms such as amendments and updations of prevalent and inherited laws. None of these
recommendations is binding upon the Government. It is a convention that a retired judge of
Supreme Court heads India’s Law Commission. Apart from the Chairperson, its membership
primarily comprises legal experts, who are entrusted a mandate by the Government.

Explanation:
Statement 1 is incorrect as any person aggrieved by a ruling can seek a review.
Statement 2 is incorrect as review petitions are typically considered without oral arguments.
Statement 3 is incorrect as another competent court can deal with the review if the original bench is
unavailable.
Statement 4 is correct as discovery of new evidence is a valid ground for seeking review.

Explanation - The DLI Scheme was announced by Ministry of Electronics and Information (MeitY) as a
part of ₹76,000 crore ($10 billion) package that the government announced in December 2021.
Under the scheme, financial incentives and design infrastructure support will be extended to
domestic companies, startups and MSMEs across various stages of development and deployment of
semiconductor design for Integrated Circuits (ICs), Chipsets, System on Chips (SoCs), Systems & IP
Cores and semiconductor linked design for over a period of 5 years.
The scheme aims to nurture at least 20 domestic companies involved in semiconductor design and
facilitating them to achieve turnover of more than ₹1500 Crore in the next 5 years. C-DAC (Centre
for Development of Advanced Computing), a scientific society operating under MeitY, will serve as
the nodal agency for implementation of the DLI scheme.
The scheme has three components –
• Chip Design infrastructure support,
• Product Design Linked Incentive and
• Deployment Linked Incentive

Explanation: India has been losing market share in labour-intensive sectors like apparel and footwear
(Statement 1 is incorrect). The National Logistics Policy has boosted India's trade competitiveness
(Statement 2 is correct). Increased tariff and non-tariff barriers could limit trade-focused
investments (Statement 3 is correct). India has missed out on export opportunities presented by
China's withdrawal from labour-intensive manufacturing
(Statement 4 is incorrect).

Explanation: Statement 1 is incorrect as the term 'FIR' is not explicitly defined in the CrPC, 1973.
Statement 2 is correct as Zero FIRs can be filed at any police station irrespective of jurisdiction.
Statement 3 is incorrect as video-recording is mandatory only for offenses punishable with seven
years
or more under Section 176(3) of BNSS.
Statement 4 is correct as the new criminal laws allow electronic reporting of incidents for FIR
registration.