NATIONAL ROADMAP FOR TRANSITION OF INFORMAL BUSINESSES INTO FORMAL SECTOR DISCUSSED

1. : Which organization proposed the initial draft of the National Roadmap for transition of informal businesses into formal businesses?
(A) SMEDA
(B) Ministry of Industries and Production
(C) International Labor Organization’s Consultants
(D) Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

2. : Where was the review meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) held?
(A) Ministry of Commerce
(B) SMEDA head office
(C) ILO Headquarters
(D) Board of Investment

3. : Who chaired the TWG review meeting?
(A) Socrat Aman Rana
(B) Asad Islam Mahni
(C) Saif Anjum
(D) Usman Khan

4. : What percentage of Pakistan’s workforce operates informally within SMEs and the home-based working sector?
(A) Over 70%
(B) Over 80%
(C) Over 84%
(D) Over 90%

5. : What is one of the major obstacles created by the informal workforce structure?
(A) Excessive taxation
(B) Limited access to markets, financing, social protections, and skill development
(C) Overproduction in SMEs
(D) High labor turnover

6. : What was the earlier study by ILO and SMEDA aimed at?
(A) Creating export strategies
(B) Mapping the informal business sector and identifying the need for a national roadmap
(C) Establishing industrial zones
(D) Studying multinational corporations in Pakistan

7. : According to Saif Anjum, what is the aim of the MoIP-ILO Enterprise Formalization Project?
(A) To reduce imports
(B) To attract informal sector enterprises towards the formal sector
(C) To increase labor migration
(D) To privatize state-owned enterprises

8. : Who gave a detailed presentation on the proposed National Roadmap during the meeting?
(A) Muhammad Awais
(B) Usman Khan
(C) Asad Islam Mahni
(D) Socrat Aman Rana