DST Begins Special Campaign 6 on Swachhata and E-Waste

The correct answer is the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, which steers this campaign across the Union Government. The campaign seeks to strengthen cleanliness in government offices, improve efficiency, ensure that pending matters are disposed of in time and promote better management of official resources. Option A is wrong because the Department of Personnel and Training handles service matters, training and personnel policy rather than leading this drive. Option C is wrong because the Department of Science and Technology is one of the many departments taking part in the campaign, not the body coordinating it; the question asks for the nodal department. Option D is wrong because the Department of Expenditure deals with public finance and budgets. Candidates should remember the nodal department along with the campaign window of October and the focus on electronic waste, since all three are commonly asked.

The correct answer is 2 October to 31 October 2026. The preparatory phase of the campaign closed on the last day of September, and the working phase was then taken up for the whole of October, which is why the Department of Science and Technology held a review of readiness with its autonomous institutions and field organisations. Option A describes the period of the preparatory stage rather than the implementation stage, and the two are often swapped in questions to test careful reading. Option C stretches the campaign to the end of the year, which is longer than the notified window. Option D shifts the dates into the middle of two months and matches neither phase. Candidates should remember that the campaign opens on the second of October, the date associated with cleanliness drives in India, and closes with the month.

The correct answer is the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022. Offices taking part in the campaign were told to identify and separate the electronic waste generated during the drive and to dispose of it only through authorised recyclers, following these rules together with the applicable guidelines of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The purpose is safe and environmentally sound disposal along with recovery of useful material. Options A and B name rules that govern municipal solid waste and plastic waste respectively, both important in their own fields but not the framework cited for electronic waste here. Option D refers to an older framework for hazardous waste and is not the set of rules named for this campaign. Candidates should note that disposal through authorised recyclers, rather than through any scrap dealer, is the key requirement.