By which date must NCR industries covered by the new CAQM order install and operationalise PTZ cameras?
- A.31 October 2026
- B.30 November 2026
- C.31 December 2026
- D.31 March 2027
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Explanation
The correct answer is 30 November 2026. The order requires every covered industrial unit to have the cameras installed and working, with arrangements for real time transmission of the video feeds already in place, by that date. Option A is wrong because the end of October is the earlier month and no such deadline was set; the superseded order of the Commission was itself issued in early October. Option C is wrong since the deadline falls a month before the end of the calendar year, a point that matters because the Commission wanted the monitoring running before the worst of the winter pollution season. Option D is wrong because it pushes compliance far beyond winter, which would defeat the purpose of the order. The timing is deliberate, as industrial emissions weigh most heavily when still winter air traps pollutants close to the ground.
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Practice Questions
Which body has issued the order extending PTZ camera-based remote monitoring in the National Capital Region?
- A.National Green Tribunal
- B.Central Pollution Control Board
- C.Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas
- D.Delhi Pollution Control Committee
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The correct answer is the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas, usually shortened to CAQM, which issued the order under its own statutory direction and widened the scope of camera-based surveillance.
Read the full explanation →Over which protocol must the PTZ cameras transmit video to the regulators under the CAQM order?
- A.File Transfer Protocol
- B.Real Time Streaming Protocol
- C.Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- D.Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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The correct answer is the Real Time Streaming Protocol, commonly written as RTSP, which the order names for continuous live transmission of the camera feeds to the designated servers and portals of the pollution control authorities.
Read the full explanation →Sauj Jheel, one of the two wetlands added to the Ramsar list in October 2026, lies in which state?
- A.Uttar Pradesh
- B.Madhya Pradesh
- C.Bihar
- D.Rajasthan
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When the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced that India's Ramsar tally had reached 103, he identified Sauj Jheel as a wetland of Uttar Pradesh and Sukhna Wetland as a site in Chandigarh, offering his congratulations to both.
Read the full explanation →Sukhna Wetland, newly designated a Ramsar site, is located in which Union Territory?
- A.Delhi
- B.Chandigarh
- C.Puducherry
- D.Ladakh
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Announcing the new designations, Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav named Sukhna Wetland, better known as Sukhna Lake, as a site in Chandigarh, and he congratulated Chandigarh along with Uttar Pradesh on the recognition.
Read the full explanation →After the addition of Sukhna Wetland and Sauj Jheel, how many Ramsar sites does India have?
- A.101
- B.102
- C.103
- D.105
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The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, announced on 15 October 2026 that the national tally of Ramsar sites had reached 103 once Sukhna Wetland in Chandigarh and Sauj Jheel in Uttar Pradesh were taken into the list.
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