Current Affairs Question - 27 December 2022

Consider the following statements with reference to the Nyingma Sect of Buddhism:

1. It is practiced under the Mahayana School of Buddhism.
2. It traces its origins back to the Buddha Samantabhadra, Vajrasattva, and Garab Dorje of Uddiyana.
3. The most important source of the Nyingma order is the Indian Guru, Padmasambhava, the founder of the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, who came to Tibet in the eighth century C.E.

Choose the correct statement(s) from the codes given below:

With reference to the Rurban Cluster under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission, consider the given statements:

1. Rurban Cluster is a cluster of geographically contiguous villages with a population of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and with a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas.
2. While selecting the Rurban cluster, the State may identify a large village/gram panchayat that are growth centers with resources available in the area that could potentially lead the economic transformation of the region.
3. The clusters could then be formed by identifying geographically contiguous villages/gram panchayats within a radius of 5–10 km (or radius appropriate to the population density and geography of the region) around the identified growth centre.

Choose the correct statements from the codes given below: