World Habitat Day 2026 Theme Adequate Housing for All

The correct answer is Adequate Housing for All. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs observed World Habitat Day on this theme, with the stated focus on strengthening the urban housing system through innovation, policy reform, technology and sustainable financing. Option A resembles the slogan of the housing mission itself, which works towards the goal of Housing for All, but it is not the theme of the day. Options C and D are the kind of phrases used for other urban and disaster related observances and have no connection with this one. On the same occasion the ministry gave away the PMAY-U Awards to the best performing states, union territories and urban local bodies, released publications of bodies such as HUDCO and the National Housing Bank, and launched a mobile application and revamped websites of the scheme. Only option B names the theme correctly.

The correct answer is World Habitat Day. It was announced at the function that the PMAY-U Awards are being institutionalised, so that the contribution of states, union territories, urban local bodies and partner agencies under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban is recognised every year on World Habitat Day. The purpose stated was to encourage healthy competition among states, spread good practices and push better delivery of affordable housing. Option A names another urban observance but is not the day chosen for these awards. Option C is not an observance connected with this scheme, and option D is a separate day linked with administrative reform rather than housing. The awards cover state level, special recognition and urban local body categories, which is why the day on which they are given is a fact worth holding. Only option B is correct.

The correct answer is Tamil Nadu and SIPCOT, which was named the public agency with the highest number of houses completed and in use under affordable rental housing complexes, at 18,720 beds. In the same category the private agency award went to SPR India Private Limited, at 11,154 beds. Options A, C and D pair other states with their industrial development corporations, which is a plausible shape for the answer but not the one recognised here. Tamil Nadu also took the award for the best shelter fund practice, so the state appears twice in the list. Among the other special recognitions, Gujarat won for the best town planning scheme procedure and for the most reforms achieved under PMAY-U 2.0, Chhattisgarh for mandatory land reservation for weaker sections in private colonies, and HDFC Bank as the best lending institution. Only option B is correct.