Twitter - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   Which of the following offices of government of India has launched the Twitter Seva?

a. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
b. Ministry of Finance
c. PMO
d. Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Explanation:

  • In a major initiative to get administration of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry closer to people and changing the paradigm of Governance, the Ministry of State for Commerce & Industry (I/C) launched the “Twitter Seva”.
  • Through this Twitter Seva, queries on matters relating to Department of Commerce (DoC) and Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) will be answered.
  • Queries regarding DGFT, DGS&D, SEZs, Tea, Coffee, Rubber & Spices Boards, APEDA, MPEDA and any other matter relating to Department of Commerce will be addressed by DoC.
  • Queries regarding Manufacturing Policy, Industrial Corridors, Investment Promotion, Make in India, Start-up India, Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), FDI, Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, Geographical Indicators, Copyrights, Paper, Light Engineering Industry, Cement, Linoleum and Rubber Industry will be addressed by DIPP.
  • Under this Seva, anyone who is desirous of assistance from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry can use the hashtag #mociseva.
  • An institutionalized mechanism with a special Twitter cell has been created in the Ministry manned by a set of dedicated officers who will monitor and direct all the tweets to the concerned officers of the Department. All officers have been sensitized to respond to the tweets within a short time frame.
  • This Seva is open to all the services provided by the Department of Commerce and Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion.
  • This is an initiative of the Minister of Commerce & Industry keeping in line the dictum “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance” of the Prime Minister.