Where did the CAQM team direct that paddy stubble should be used as fuel to the maximum extent?
- A.Only in household cooking stoves
- B.In thermal power plants, brick kilns and industries
- C.In railway locomotives
- D.In municipal incinerators alone
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Explanation
The correct answer is in thermal power plants, brick kilns and industries where such fuel use is feasible. The commission emphasised this route and further directed that sector-wise nodal officers be made responsible for the actual use of stubble by their sectors and for monitoring and reporting compliance regularly. During the visit the team inspected an industrial boiler at a complex in Amritsar where pellets made from paddy stubble are already being burnt as fuel, which it treated as a model worth scaling up. Options A, C and D describe uses that were not part of the directions; household stoves and incinerators cannot absorb residue on the scale a harvest produces, and railway locomotives today do not run on biomass. The wider point stressed was that residue should be channelled for productive use instead of being set on fire.
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Practice Questions
Who is the chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas?
- A.Rajesh Verma
- B.Rajesh Kumar Singh
- C.Manohar Lal
- D.Satendra Singh
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The meeting took stock of the arrangements for comprehensive paddy stubble management and of the measures needed to end the burning of residue.
Read the full explanation →In which state are Amritsar and Tarn Taran, the districts whose stubble management CAQM reviewed?
- A.Haryana
- B.Punjab
- C.Uttar Pradesh
- D.Rajasthan
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Both Amritsar and Tarn Taran are districts of Punjab, and the commission's team held its review meeting with their Deputy Commissioners and other concerned officers.
Read the full explanation →Which institutions were district administrations asked to link with farmers so that residue management solutions reach them without delay?
- A.Custom Hiring Centres and machinery providers
- B.Regional rural banks and insurance agents
- C.Agricultural produce market committees only
- D.Panchayat libraries and cooperative stores
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The commission asked the district administrations to strengthen coordination between farmers, Custom Hiring Centres, machinery providers and other stakeholders so that farmers can obtain residue management solutions without waiting.
Read the full explanation →Under the Jumpstart Approach, an egg from the Sam conservation-breeding centre was carried to which place in Gujarat and put in the nest of a wild female bustard?
- A.Naliya
- B.Bhuj
- C.Dwarka
- D.Jamnagar
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Only three female Great Indian Bustards were left in the wild in Kutch and no male survived there to fertilise an egg, so a viable egg from the conservation-breeding centre at Sam in Rajasthan was moved 770 km to Naliya in a portable incubator, a journey lasting more than 19…
Read the full explanation →How much did National CAMPA approve in December 2024 for the five-year Conservation Action Plan covering the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican?
- A.Rs 33.85 crore
- B.Rs 77.05 crore
- C.Rs 96.50 crore
- D.Rs 200 crore
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National CAMPA cleared this amount in December 2024 for a five-year Conservation Action Plan that covers both the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican.
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