Which department runs Special Campaign 6 across Union ministries and public sector undertakings?
- A.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
- B.Department of Personnel and Training
- C.Department of Expenditure
- D.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, known as DARPG, which heads this nationwide drive across all Union ministries and their public sector undertakings. The purpose of the campaign is to settle the habit of cleanliness in government offices and to bring down the stock of pending matters, and offices are scored on space management, scrap disposal, record management, best practices, improvement of premises, environment-friendly working and citizen-centric steps. The implementation phase of this edition runs from 2 to 31 October 2026, after a preparatory phase in which targets were mapped. The other options are wrong because none of them owns this campaign: the Department of Personnel and Training handles service matters of government staff, the Department of Expenditure deals with public spending, and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade works on industrial policy and trade within the country.
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Practice Questions
What is the stated focus of Special Campaign 6 this year?
- A.Conservation of water in government buildings
- B.Collection, segregation and disposal of e-waste
- C.Making every office paperless
- D.Removal of single-use plastic from canteens
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This edition of the campaign places a dedicated emphasis on handling institutional electronic waste in an environment-friendly way, and the work is done in keeping with the E-Waste Management Rules, 2022.
Read the full explanation →NLC India Limited, which earned over 3.12 crore rupees from scrap disposal under Special Campaign 6, works under which ministry?
- A.Ministry of Coal
- B.Ministry of Power
- C.Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- D.Ministry of Heavy Industries
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Reporting the position as on 23 October 2026, the company said it had taken up 180 campaign sites for cleanliness against a target of 145, cleared 24,96,193 square feet of space against the 24,15,786 square feet proposed, and disposed of 1,272 metric tonnes of scrap against a target of 1,266.22…
Read the full explanation →During which period does the implementation phase of Special Campaign 6 run?
- A.15 to 30 September 2026
- B.2 to 31 October 2026
- C.1 to 15 November 2026
- D.2 October to 31 December 2026
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The first option names the preparatory phase instead, which ran from 15 to 30 September 2026 and was used to map targets across units, regional offices and joint ventures, so it is a close distractor rather than the answer.
Read the full explanation →Which set of traditional sports was played in the local tournaments held during the week?
- A.Gilli-danda, lagori, kabaddi and malkhamb
- B.Kabaddi, kho-kho, tug of war and kushti
- C.Kho-kho, archery, kushti and sepak takraw
- D.Volleyball, kabaddi, kho-kho and wrestling on mats
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NSS units organised local tournaments in these four games, and more than 21,500 participants took part in them, the aim being healthy recreation, teamwork and positive engagement for rural youth.
Read the full explanation →Which bodies implemented the sixth-week activities of the campaign in villages?
- A.The Sports Authority of India with state sports councils
- B.The Directorate of NSS along with 15 NSS Regional Directorates
- C.The Narcotics Control Bureau with district administrations
- D.Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan alone
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They carried out the week across more than 160 institutions and the villages those institutions have adopted, mobilising over 80,000 participants that included young people, Gram Panchayat members, village elders and local residents.
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