Who held the interaction with start-ups on affordable, scalable solutions for air pollution in Delhi-NCR on 17 October 2026?
- A.Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh
- B.Shri Bhupender Yadav
- C.Sardar Manjinder Singh Sirsa
- D.The Chairperson of CAQM
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Explanation
The correct answer is Shri Bhupender Yadav, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who met start-ups and innovation companies working on air pollution mitigation and himself put a set of problem statements covering nine key areas before them. Option A names Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh, who is the Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change; he was present at the meeting but did not lead it. Option C names Sardar Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who holds the Environment, Forest and Wildlife portfolio in the Delhi government and also attended. Option D is wrong because the Commission for Air Quality Management was one of the bodies whose senior officers took part, and the interaction was not convened by that commission. The meeting sat under the campaign theme Saaf Hawa mein Hissedaari, Hum Sabhi ki hai Zimmedaari and was held in Jan Bhagidari mode, with officers of MoEFCC, MoHUA, MoAFW, the Delhi government, CPCB and DPCC also in the room.
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Practice Questions
Under which campaign theme was the Environment Ministry's interaction with air-pollution start-ups held?
- A.Saaf Hawa mein Hissedaari, Hum Sabhi ki hai Zimmedaari
- B.Swachh Vayu, Swasth Jeevan
- C.Mera Shehar, Meri Hawa
- D.Hawa Badlo, Desh Badlo
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The interaction of 17 October 2026 between the Union Environment Minister and start-ups was one of a series of stakeholder engagements carried out under that campaign theme, which places a share of the responsibility for clean air on every citizen.
Read the full explanation →The problem statements placed before the innovators by the Union Environment Minister covered how many key areas of air pollution management?
- A.5
- B.7
- C.9
- D.12
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Shri Bhupender Yadav presented a set of specific problem statements covering nine key areas of air pollution management and discussed with the innovators how their technologies could be adapted, scaled and deployed on the ground against each of them.
Read the full explanation →According to the Union Environment Minister, what is essential for identifying malpractices in industrial emission reporting?
- A.Integration of OCEMS data with plant-operation data
- B.Raising the fee charged for PUC certificates
- C.A complete shutdown of diesel generators in Delhi-NCR
- D.Weekly manual inspection of every industrial unit
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Pressing for enforcement that leans on technology, Shri Bhupender Yadav said that joining the readings of Online Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems to data on how a plant is actually being operated is essential if malpractices are to be identified, and that artificial intelligence can play an important part in achieving…
Read the full explanation →Which two technologies did the CAQM review highlight for monitoring stubble burning?
- A.Satellites and ground radar
- B.Drones and low cost sensors
- C.Weather balloons and lidar
- D.Mobile laboratories and smog towers
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The review covered their deployment for technology based monitoring and for analysing trends in farm fires, in addition to field level surveillance by officials and a close watch over the hotspot areas.
Read the full explanation →CRM machinery, discussed during the review, stands for which of the following?
- A.Crop Rotation Management machinery
- B.Crop Residue Management machinery
- C.Climate Risk Mitigation machinery
- D.Central Rural Mechanisation machinery
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These are the machines that handle paddy straw left in the field after the harvest, and the Commission reviewed both their availability and their actual deployment in the two districts.
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