Who chairs the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas, which reviewed pollution control work with Punjab and Haryana?
- A.Rajesh Verma
- B.Bhupender Yadav
- C.Tanmay Kumar
- D.Atal Dulloo
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rajesh Verma. He chaired the two separate review meetings the Commission held at Chandigarh with the governments of Punjab and Haryana, going through enforcement on the ground, district preparedness and the use of crop residue machinery. Option B names the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, under whose ministry the Commission falls, which is exactly the confusion a question paper likes to create: the minister heads the ministry, not the Commission. Options C and D are the kind of senior official names that sound plausible in such a context but hold no such post here. For revision, hold the chain together: the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas is the statutory body, Rajesh Verma is its chairperson, and its instruments are numbered directions such as the one on state action plans against paddy stubble burning.
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Practice Questions
Which CAQM direction mandates the use of paddy straw based biomass pellets and briquettes in brick kilns?
- A.Direction No. 76
- B.Direction No. 88
- C.Direction No. 92
- D.Direction No. 99
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Compliance with it was reviewed with both Punjab and Haryana, because moving brick kilns to pellets and briquettes made from paddy straw creates steady demand for the residue and takes away the reason to set fields on fire.
Read the full explanation →At which city did CAQM hold its separate review meetings with the governments of Punjab and Haryana?
- A.New Delhi
- B.Chandigarh
- C.Ludhiana
- D.Panipat
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The correct answer is Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, which is why the Commission could meet both governments separately on the same day.
Read the full explanation →Which two institutions jointly organised the ministerial track at the AgriVoltaics World Conference 2026?
- A.IISD and CEEW
- B.NITI Aayog and TERI
- C.IREDA and SECI
- D.NSEFI and NISE
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They co-organised the dedicated ministerial session at which state energy and agriculture ministers presented their approaches to scaling up agrivoltaics, showcased investment opportunities and discussed adapting the PM-KUSUM scheme to local crops.
Read the full explanation →Under Odisha's proposed agrivoltaics policy, what minimum share of a project site must remain cultivable?
- A.50 per cent
- B.70 per cent
- C.80 per cent
- D.90 per cent
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The whole point of agrivoltaics is that farming continues under and around the solar panels, so the draft policy fixes a high floor for the share of each site that must stay fit for cultivation, and pairs it with safeguards on farmer consent and crop insurance.
Read the full explanation →Which state announced at the AgriVoltaics World Conference 2026 that it is finalising a dedicated agrivoltaics policy with a target of 1 GW by 2030?
- A.Uttar Pradesh
- B.Madhya Pradesh
- C.Odisha
- D.Bihar
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Its Deputy Chief Minister told the ministerial track that the state is giving final shape to an Agrivoltaics Policy 2026 built around a target of 1 GW by 2030, under which at least ninety per cent of a project site must remain cultivable, farmer consent and crop insurance are protected…
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