What was the total green hydrogen offtake commitment signed by Indian companies as of October 2026?
- A.3,55,610 MTPA
- B.4,55,610 MTPA
- C.5,55,610 MTPA
- D.6,55,610 MTPA
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Explanation
The correct answer is 5,55,610 MTPA. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy placed the firm and signed green hydrogen offtake commitments of Indian companies at this level as of October 2026, which is the largest such order book anywhere in the world and works out to roughly 11 per cent of the National Green Hydrogen Mission's production target. The other three options are wrong because they either understate or overstate the announced quantity. The total crossed the 5.5 lakh MTPA mark only after the 18 agreements concluded during 2026, which by themselves covered more than 4 lakh MTPA of green hydrogen equivalent. Counting from the launch of the mission in 2023, Indian companies have closed 23 offtake contracts in all, and more than 70 per cent of the committed quantity is set aside for export buyers, mainly in Europe and Japan. Meeting every one of these contracts will require aggregate capital of about Rs 90,000 crore, roughly USD 9.5 billion.
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Practice Questions
What is the initial outlay approved for the National Green Hydrogen Mission?
- A.Rs 8,000 crore
- B.Rs 19,744 crore
- C.Rs 10,371 crore
- D.Rs 90,000 crore
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The Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission with this initial outlay, which runs up to the year 2029-30.
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- A.ACME Group
- B.AM Green
- C.Reliance Industries Limited
- D.Larsen & Toubro
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Read the full explanation →At the side event, the Union Environment Minister described which instrument as the basis for fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources?
- A.The Cartagena Protocol
- B.The Nagoya Protocol
- C.The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- D.The Paris Agreement
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Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT among the four publications India released at the CBD COP-17 side event?
- A.Guidelines for the Designation of India's Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures
- B.The 5th National Report on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- C.India State of Forest Report
- D.India's ABS Success Story
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- A.Yerevan
- B.Baku
- C.Tbilisi
- D.Astana
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India held a side event there with its National Biodiversity Authority and the United Nations Development Programme, and the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released four publications at it.
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