India to Host World Circular Economy Forum 2026 at Gandhinagar

The correct answer is Gandhinagar, Gujarat. India is hosting the forum there from 15 to 18 September 2026, and this is the first time that the World Circular Economy Forum is being held in South Asia. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Chief Minister of Gujarat will jointly inaugurate it on the opening day. Option A is wrong because New Delhi is not the venue, although the announcement came from the Union Ministry based there. Option C is wrong because Finland is a partner through the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and the Government of Finland, but the host city for this edition is in India. Option D is wrong because Bhuj in Kachchh hosted a separate environment review meeting and not this forum. Venue questions are common, so fix the host city firmly in mind.

The correct answer is Circular Economy: Transition for People and Prosperity. The forum at Gandhinagar is being organised under this theme, and its objective is to showcase India's initiatives for promoting circularity and to strengthen international cooperation. Circularity itself means reusing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products so that they return to the economy as valuable resources. The forum aims to enable greater engagement with the Global South, to mobilise circular finance and private investment, to encourage policy dialogue and cross-sectoral partnerships, and to advance innovation, digitalisation and technology for circularity. Options B, C and D are plausible sounding slogans, but none of them is the theme named in the release. Themes of summits are among the most frequently asked facts in current affairs, so memorise the exact wording.

The correct answer is over 2,000 stakeholders from more than 65 countries. Those taking part include business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, policymakers, academicians and changemakers. An international expo alongside the forum will feature more than 125 national and international exhibitors showing practical circular solutions developed by startups and investment-ready innovations. On 15 and 16 September the forum will hold four plenaries and sixteen parallel thematic sessions, and on 17 and 18 September global collaborators will independently organise eighty accelerator sessions online, in hybrid form and in person. Options A, C and D pair participation counts and country counts that the release does not support. Since the release announces several figures at once, it is worth learning the participant count, the country count and the exhibitor count as a set.