India Marks 32nd World Ozone Day, Launches Net Zero Portal

The correct answer is Global Action for a Cooler Planet. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organised the national celebration of the 32nd World Ozone Day in Mumbai on 16 September 2026 under this theme, with Minister of State Kirti Vardhan Singh presiding and Maharashtra's Environment Minister Pankaja Munde also present. Options B, C and D are wrong because, although each sounds plausible for an environmental observance, none was the theme announced for this edition. Themes of international days are a standard question type, so aspirants should tie the theme to the edition number and to the year. Remember alongside it that the Net Zero Portal and the NAPCC Dashboard were launched at the same function, and that 248 Industrial Training Institutes were adopted by 12 refrigeration and air-conditioning manufacturers.

The correct answer is the Net Zero Portal and the NAPCC Dashboard. Union Minister of State Kirti Vardhan Singh launched both in Mumbai on the occasion of World Ozone Day. The Net Zero Portal is a centralised platform on which Indian entities across sectors can voluntarily register and disclose their net zero commitments, report greenhouse gas emissions and set out pathways covering clean energy, energy efficiency and carbon removals. The NAPCC Dashboard offers a consolidated digital view of implementation across the national missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change. Options B, C and D name platforms that do not correspond to this launch. Mission LiFE was indeed mentioned in the minister's address as a framework for everyday environmental action, but no dashboard by that name was launched here, which is what makes option C a careful trap.

The correct answer is 248. The announcement was made at the World Ozone Day function in Mumbai, where 12 refrigeration and air-conditioning manufacturers agreed to adopt that many Industrial Training Institutes. The arrangement rests on a four-party memorandum of agreement signed by the manufacturers, the Ozone Cell, the Regional Directorate of the Directorate General of Training and the State Directorate. Its purpose is to strengthen the training infrastructure for the next generation of technicians and to align classroom learning with prevailing industry standards. Options A, B and D are close-sounding figures designed to test whether the exact number has been memorised. The wider context is that safe handling of refrigerants by certified technicians is central to India's obligations under the Montreal Protocol and to the phase-out of ozone-depleting substances.