CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Government releases Rs 22 crore per year for the upkeep of Rashtrapati Bhavan and other expenditures. He gets Rs 50, 000 as basic pay, Rs 3, 000 as expenditure-related allowance, Rs 2 thousand per day that amounts to Rs 60, 000 per month as other allowances and Rs 45, 000 per month as parliamentary constituency allowance.

Detailed explanation-2: -be above 25 years of age if they are a member of the Lok Sabha, or, above 30 years of age if they are a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Detailed explanation-3: -The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for “Sangh family"), which have presence in all facets of the Indian society, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi, the incumbent Indian prime minister.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s fourteenth Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh is rightly acclaimed as a thinker and a scholar. He is well regarded for his diligence and his academic approach to work, as well as his accessibility and his unassuming demeanour.