What plot area threshold continues to apply for web portal registration and monitoring of dust control at construction and demolition sites in the NCR?
- A.100 square metres
- B.250 square metres
- C.500 square metres
- D.1000 square metres
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Explanation
The correct answer is 500 square metres. While approving the amendment that widens web portal based registration and monitoring of dust control measures to construction and demolition projects lying beyond municipal limits, in controlled areas, development and industrial development areas, industrial zones and highway corridor zones, the Commission specifically kept the existing plot area threshold of 500 square metres and the other existing requirements unchanged. Options A and B name smaller thresholds that would have brought in far more sites, and option D names a larger one that would have excluded many projects; none of these was adopted. The point to remember is that the geographical coverage was widened but the size trigger itself was left as it was.
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Practice Questions
How many actions in total does the revised Graded Response Action Plan schedule approved by CAQM contain?
- A.36
- B.42
- C.48
- D.54
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- A.Sonipat
- B.Panipat
- C.Meerut
- D.Alwar
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- A.Stage-I
- B.Stage-II
- C.Stage-III
- D.Stage-IV
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- A.Second
- B.Third
- C.Fourth
- D.Sixth
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- A.Rs 5,070 crore
- B.Rs 19,744 crore
- C.Rs 35,800 crore
- D.Rs 75,021 crore
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The rooftop solar scheme was launched in February 2024 with that outlay and a target of one crore households.
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