Which island territory has been notified as a dedicated Seaweed Cluster?
- A.Lakshadweep
- B.Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- C.Daman and Diu
- D.Puducherry
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Explanation
The correct answer is Lakshadweep. Its clean lagoon systems suit seaweed farming, and the roadmap envisages large-scale cultivation there along with seed banks, hatcheries and training, so that a dependable seaweed value chain can be built for food, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and bio-industrial uses. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are wrong here, because the cluster notified for them is a Tuna Cluster under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, which pays for new vessels, fleet upgrades and cold storage, with MPEDA strengthening market access for direct exports from the islands. Daman and Diu and Puducherry are not island territories of the kind this plan addresses and are not named in it at all. Lakshadweep also carries the ornamental fisheries push, with over 300 reef-associated ornamental species and an outlay of Rs 175 crore.
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Practice Questions
Lakshadweep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands together account for nearly what share of India's Exclusive Economic Zone?
- A.About 15 per cent
- B.About 25 per cent
- C.Nearly 40 per cent
- D.Nearly 60 per cent
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India's Exclusive Economic Zone covers close to 24 lakh square kilometres, and the two island groups between them hold about 40 per cent of it, which is why the fisheries roadmap treats them as the anchors of the blue economy.
Read the full explanation →India's seafood exports in 2025-26 were valued at about how much?
- A.Rs 39,272 crore
- B.Rs 73,890 crore
- C.Rs 1,09,000 crore
- D.Rs 24,000 crore
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Rs 39,272 crore is a different figure from the same roadmap: it is the public investment committed to the fisheries sector through schemes and programmes since 2015, not the value of exports in a single year.
Read the full explanation →What was the highest reduction in the maximum retail price reported for an anti-cancer medicine?
- A.50 per cent
- B.67.45 per cent
- C.85 per cent
- D.96.45 per cent
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The correct answer is 96.45 per cent, the steepest cut in a maximum retail price reported to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority after it capped trade margins on anti-cancer drugs.
Read the full explanation →What is the estimated annual saving to consumers from the revised prices of anti-cancer medicines?
- A.Rs 1,364 crore
- B.Rs 2,540.38 crore
- C.Rs 3,540.38 crore
- D.Rs 679 crore
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That is the yearly saving the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority expects consumers to make once the reduced maximum retail prices of the anti-cancer formulations are in force from 9 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which authority capped the trade margins on the maximum retail price of 137 anti-cancer drugs?
- A.Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
- B.Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- C.National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
- D.Directorate General of Health Services
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The NPPA works under the Department of Pharmaceuticals in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, and it is the body that capped trade margins on the retail prices of 137 anti-cancer drugs, with the revised rates applying from 9 November 2026.
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