On which day was the first Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign launched?
- A.World Health Day, 7 April 2022
- B.World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2023
- C.Independence Day, 15 August 2024
- D.Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October 2025
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Explanation
The correct answer is World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2023. The first Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign was launched that day, timed to coincide with the observance, and it laid the base for a focused national effort against tobacco use among young people. That edition had more than 1,42,184 educational institutions and 12,000 villages declared tobacco-free, with fines of over one crore rupees realised through enforcement. The second edition came in September 2024 and covered 1,67,762 institutions and 27,534 villages, while the third, TFYC 3.0, was launched in October 2025 and reached 2,57,807 institutions and 33,850 villages. The dates in options A, C and D do not match any edition of the campaign. Taken together the three editions have had over 5.8 lakh institutions and more than 73,000 villages declared tobacco-free, the base on which the fourth edition now builds with its new focus on universities and colleges.
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Practice Questions
Which ministry launched the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign 4.0?
- A.Ministry of Education
- B.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- C.Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- D.Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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The fourth edition of the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign is a drive of that ministry, and it was launched on 28 October 2026 by Minister of State Shri Prataprao Jadhav at ABVIMS and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →For how many days does the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign 4.0 run?
- A.30 days
- B.45 days
- C.60 days
- D.90 days
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The fourth edition is a 60-day nationwide campaign, the same length the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has used for the drive each year since 2023.
Read the full explanation →On which portal does PM VGSY support the annual preparation of holistic Gram Panchayat Development Plans?
- A.eGramSwaraj
- B.AuditOnline
- C.PANCHAM
- D.PRAGATI
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The scheme supports the preparation of about 2.55 lakh holistic Gram Panchayat Development Plans every year on that portal, bringing village priorities, departmental interventions and available resources onto one platform for participatory planning.
Read the full explanation →In how many Indian languages is the PANCHAM communication platform available?
- A.11
- B.13
- C.17
- D.22
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PANCHAM is described in the Cabinet decision as an artificial-intelligence enabled, multilingual, two-way communication platform working in seventeen Indian languages, and the scheme will use it to explain central programmes to villagers in language they actually speak.
Read the full explanation →PM VGSY is approved for a period that is co-terminus with the award period of which body?
- A.The 8th Central Pay Commission
- B.The Sixteenth Finance Commission
- C.The Fifteenth Finance Commission
- D.NITI Aayog's governing council
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The scheme has been sanctioned for the years from 2026-27 to 2030-31, and the Cabinet decision states plainly that this term is co-terminus with that commission's period.
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