The second GI-AI4FS meeting in New Delhi was hosted by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre jointly with which Indian body?

The correct answer is the International Telecommunication Union. GI-AI4FS is a global initiative of the United Nations and the ITU is named as the body that coordinates it, working in close collaboration with three partner agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization in option A is one of those partners and sent a keynote speaker to the New Delhi meeting, but it does not coordinate the initiative. The World Food Programme in option C is likewise a collaborating agency rather than the coordinator. The International Fund for Agricultural Development in option D is the third partner agency in the same group, so it too is wrong. The ITU is the telecommunications and standards arm of the United Nations, which is why it leads an initiative built around the Internet of Things, digital connectivity and artificial intelligence standards for farming and food systems.

The correct answer is Dr. Sebastian Bosse, who opened the inaugural session of the second meeting in his capacity as Chair of GI-AI4FS. Option A, Dr. Bilel Jamoussi, is the Deputy Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau of the ITU and delivered a keynote address, but he does not chair the initiative. Option B, Dr. A. K. Nayak, is Deputy Director General for Natural Resource Management at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and also spoke as a keynote speaker. Option D, Mr. Krishnan Pallassana, is a Senior Specialist for Strategy, Innovation and Partnerships at the Food and Agriculture Organization and was another keynote speaker. All three took part in the inaugural session, yet the chairmanship of GI-AI4FS rests with Dr. Bosse, who gave the opening remarks.

The correct answer is the Social Stock Exchange. The inaugural session was followed by a fireside chat titled ‘Social Stock Exchange: Purpose, Capital and Impact’, featuring Shri Shailesh K. Pathak, Senior Advisor for Policy at the National Stock Exchange, along with Prof. Garima Dadhich of IICA. The discussion looked at how the Social Stock Exchange can link social purpose with capital, and why credible impact measurement, transparency and institutional trust matter for financing the social sector. Options B, C and D name sovereign green bonds, the municipal bond market and alternative investment funds, which are genuine instruments in Indian finance but were not the subject of this session. Other sessions at the conference covered Board governance in CSR, the CSR Exchange portal, Artificial Intelligence in CSR, care work and women’s economic empowerment, and the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme.

The correct answer is the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. NCCSR 2026 was organised by IICA, specifically by its School of Business Environment, under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and was held at The Ashok in New Delhi on 6 and 7 October 2026. Its Director General and CEO, Shri Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, and Prof. Garima Dadhich, who heads the School of Business Environment, both addressed the conference, and the institute also prepared the sector-specific CSR frameworks for the Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited that the panels discussed. Options A, C and D name the Indian Institute of Public Administration, the National Institute of Financial Management and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, all real bodies working in public administration, finance and corporate practice, but none of them hosted this conference. Candidates should pair IICA with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs when a CSR question appears.

The correct answer is Satish Chandra Dubey, Minister of State for Coal and Mines. He inaugurated the conference, delivered the keynote address and released the Comprehensive CSR Framework for Indian Coal Companies, a document meant to give the coal sector a structured and need-based direction for its CSR spending. He said that economic progress acquires its fullest meaning when its benefits appear as stronger communities, wider opportunity and more resilient regions. Option A is wrong because Ajit Seth delivered the valedictory address on the second day and released the Compendium of CSR Best Practices 2025. Option B is wrong because Pallavi Jain Govil gave the inaugural address and released the India CSR Factbook 2024-25. Option D is wrong because the Director General of IICA delivered the welcome address. All four figures appear in the same event, so the task is to match each name to the right act.