What is the outlay approved by the Union Cabinet for the National Green Hydrogen Mission?
- A.Rs 9,744 crore
- B.Rs 17,490 crore
- C.Rs 19,744 crore
- D.Rs 24,000 crore
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rs 19,744 crore. The Union Cabinet approved the Mission in January 2023 with this outlay, and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing it with the aim of making India a global hub for green hydrogen and its derivatives. Option A is wrong because that figure understates the approved amount. Option B is a careful distractor: Rs 17,490 crore is the outlay of the SIGHT programme up to 2029-30, which is a component of the Mission rather than the Mission itself. Option D is wrong because it exceeds the sanctioned outlay. The Mission targets production capacity of at least 5 million metric tonnes a year by 2030, a figure that could rise to 10 million metric tonnes once export demand is counted, and it works through incentives, pilots, hubs, standards and research support.
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Practice Questions
Under India's Green Hydrogen Standard, what is the maximum permitted emission for hydrogen to be called green?
- A.1 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per kg of hydrogen
- B.2 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per kg of hydrogen
- C.5 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per kg of hydrogen
- D.9 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per kg of hydrogen
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The standard was notified by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in August 2023, is measured on a well-to-gate basis and is assessed as a twelve-month average, and it made India one of the first few countries to define green hydrogen formally.
Read the full explanation →Green hydrogen plants commissioned by 31 December 2030 are exempt from inter-state transmission system charges for how many years?
- A.10 years
- B.15 years
- C.20 years
- D.25 years
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Green hydrogen and green ammonia plants commissioned by the end of December 2030 are exempt from inter-state transmission system charges for a quarter of a century, which lowers the cost of moving renewable power across state boundaries to such plants.
Read the full explanation →Four Hydrogen Valley Innovation Clusters have been awarded. Which of these is one of them?
- A.Jodhpur
- B.Kandla
- C.Tuticorin
- D.Paradip
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The four Hydrogen Valley Innovation Clusters awarded under the Mission are Jodhpur, Odisha, Pune and Kerala. These clusters bring production, consumption and infrastructure together in one area, which improves project viability and allows economies of scale, since hydrogen is difficult to transport.
Read the full explanation →According to the articles shared by the Prime Minister, which areas are seeing expansion and investment in India’s clean energy shift?
- A.Rooftop solar, storage and transmission
- B.Offshore oil drilling and refining
- C.Coal gasification and washing
- D.Nuclear fuel reprocessing
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The article written by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi with Mike Bloomberg, which the Prime Minister shared, records the growth of renewable energy as a whole, the expansion of rooftop solar and the money going into storage and into transmission.
Read the full explanation →Which pair of initiatives is credited with driving the growth of solar power in India?
- A.PM Surya Ghar and PM-KUSUM
- B.PM Ujjwala and PM Gati Shakti
- C.PM Awas and PM Mudra
- D.PM Vishwakarma and PM Poshan
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In the article shared by the Prime Minister, the growth of solar power in India is credited to initiatives such as these two, which carry the household and the farm side of solar generation respectively.
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