Which ministry released the implementation guidelines of National Coastal Mission 2.0?
- A.Ministry of Jal Shakti
- B.Ministry of Earth Sciences
- C.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- D.Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the guidelines were released by its minister, Bhupender Yadav, in New Delhi. Option A, the Ministry of Jal Shakti, handles rivers, irrigation and drinking water, not the coastal zone programme. Option B, the Ministry of Earth Sciences, runs ocean research and forecasting services and is a natural distractor for anything to do with the sea, but the mission is not its scheme. Option D, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, looks after ports and shipping rather than coastal ecosystems. The mission sits with the environment ministry because its subject matter is coastal resilience: vulnerability assessment, ecosystem restoration, pollution management and biodiversity conservation, with sustainable tourism and spatial planning alongside them, and the blue economy as the wider goal.
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Practice Questions
What is the approved outlay of National Coastal Mission 2.0, whose implementation guidelines were released in September 2026?
- A.Rs 367 crore
- B.Rs 767 crore
- C.Rs 1,767 crore
- D.Rs 2,767 crore
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The mission is a Central Sector Scheme, so the whole of that amount comes from the Centre, and it is to be spent up to the year 2030-31 across nine coastal states and four Union Territories.
Read the full explanation →National Coastal Mission 2.0 is to be implemented across how many coastal states and Union Territories?
- A.Seven coastal states and three Union Territories
- B.Nine coastal states and four Union Territories
- C.Eleven coastal states and two Union Territories
- D.Thirteen coastal states and five Union Territories
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That is the geography named for the mission, and it matches the shape of the Indian coastline, where the shore runs through nine states and a set of island and coastal Union Territories.
Read the full explanation →In the road dust review, how much of the targeted road length in NCR had been redeveloped?
- A.3,221 km of 5,480 km
- B.5,480 km of 6,747 km
- C.2,298 km of 3,221 km
- D.2,345 km of 5,480 km
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Road-owning agencies were told to give priority to repairing potholes, damaged footpaths and central verges and to pave roads end to end as the CAQM framework requires, backed by surveys using artificial intelligence.
Read the full explanation →PAVAN, which brings air quality, emission, weather, satellite and compliance data onto one platform, belongs to which body?
- A.India Meteorological Department
- B.Commission for Air Quality Management
- C.National Green Tribunal
- D.Municipal Corporation of Delhi
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PAVAN stands for the Platform for Air Quality Vigilance and Analytics for NCR, and it is CAQM’s own platform, built so that air quality readings, emission data, meteorological information, satellite inputs and compliance records can be seen together instead of in separate silos.
Read the full explanation →How many polluting industries in non-conforming areas was the CPCB directed to seal immediately?
- A.91
- B.147
- C.191
- D.233
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These are the units standing in non-conforming areas which, in spite of being told repeatedly, had not even placed an order for air pollution control devices, and the Central Pollution Control Board was directed to seal them at once.
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