Current Affairs Question - 24 September 2022
Ecology & Environment
Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022
Consider the following statements:
- Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.
- The new rules will replace Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.
- The rules cover all types of batteries except industrial batteries.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
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1 and 2
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| B |
2 and 3
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| C |
1 and 3
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All of the above
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Ecology & Environment
Decarbonizing Transport
Consider the following statements:
- Recently, NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute (WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India as part of the NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project.
- The project aims to bring down the peak level of GHG emissions (from transport sector) in Asia resulting in problems like congestion and air pollution.
- India’s transport sector is the country’s third largest CO2 emitter.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?
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1 and 2
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| B |
2 and 3
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| C |
1 and 3
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| D |
All of the above
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