DESW Steps Up Special Campaign 6.0 on Swachhata, Pendency

The correct answer is 2 to 31 October 2026. Special Campaign 6.0 is a nationwide drive of the Government of India run through that month, with the twin purposes of making Swachhata a permanent feature of government working and of cutting the backlog of pending matters in government processes. The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare confirmed that it and its attached and subordinate offices are carrying out targeted activities across the window, with a focus on workplace efficiency and a cleaner, more sustainable office environment. Option A, a September window, and option C, which spans the independence day to teachers' day period, do not match the dates announced. Option D places the campaign in December, which is also wrong. The start on the second of October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, is the detail worth remembering, since cleanliness drives in India are traditionally anchored to that date.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Defence. The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, abbreviated DESW, is a department of that ministry and is responsible for the welfare of former service personnel and their families, which is why the faster disposal of grievances and Parliamentary assurances under the campaign matters to veterans and pensioners. Option A, the Ministry of Home Affairs, handles internal security and the central armed police forces, not ex-servicemen welfare. Option C, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, works on welfare for socially disadvantaged groups. Option D, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, deals with civil service administration and the pensions of civilian government employees, and although it is closely associated with pendency reduction drives in general, the department named in this instance is squarely under Defence.

The correct answer is 'Waste to Wealth'. In its campaign work the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare has made electronic waste a priority area, collecting it, segregating it scientifically and disposing of it responsibly in keeping with the E-Waste (Management) Rules, and it frames that effort through the Waste to Wealth idea of turning discarded material into something useful. Option B, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, is a familiar general principle of waste handling but is not the phrase used for this initiative. Option C, a Zero Landfill Mission, and option D, Clean to Green, are invented labels that sound plausible but were not part of the department's stated approach. Candidates should pair the term with the rules cited for e-waste handling, since questions on such campaigns usually test the exact phrase along with the legal instrument behind it.