Bio-based Biodegradable PLA Plastic Launched Under BioE3 Framework

The correct answer is Economy, Environment and Employment. BioE3 is the government framework named Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment, and the commercial launch of bio-based biodegradable plastic from Polylactic Acid by Balrampur Chini Mills has been taken forward under it. The Minister said the framework lets the country push economic growth, environmental sustainability and job creation at the same time, which is exactly why those three words sit in the name. Option A is wrong because energy and ecology, though related themes, are not the words used in the framework. Option C is wrong because education and export belong to other policy vocabularies and do not appear in this scheme name. Option D is wrong because ethanol and enzymes describe products and tools of biotechnology rather than the goals the framework is named after, even though the DBT Secretary spoke of a value chain beyond ethanol.

The correct answer is Uttar Pradesh. The pilot scale research facility of 100 TPA for Polylactic Acid and co-polymers is to be built inside the integrated manufacturing complex of Balrampur Chini Mills Limited at Kumbhi in Uttar Pradesh, while the launch event itself was held at the Department of Biotechnology in New Delhi. Option B is wrong because Maharashtra, although a large sugar producing state, is not the site named in this announcement. Option C is wrong because Karnataka hosts many biotechnology firms but has no role in this particular facility. Option D is wrong because Bihar is not mentioned in the release at all. Aspirants should link the site Kumbhi with Uttar Pradesh, the company with Balrampur Chini Mills, the grant with BIRAC under the Department of Biotechnology and the material with PLA.

The correct answer is the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, known as BIRAC, which functions under the Department of Biotechnology. Its grant of Rs 75 crore supports the pilot scale research facility of 100 TPA for Polylactic Acid and advanced co-polymers that Balrampur Chini Mills will operate at Kumbhi in Uttar Pradesh. Option A is wrong because NITI Aayog is a policy think tank and does not hand out research grants of this kind. Option B is wrong because the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research runs its own laboratory network and was not named in this launch. Option D is wrong because the Technology Development Board finances commercialisation of indigenous technology through a separate route and has no part in this particular grant. Dr Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale, Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology, is also the Chairman of BIRAC.