SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 21 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 24 of 100

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Consider the following statements on the Green Hydrogen Mission: 1. It aims to make India a global hub for production and export of green hydrogen. 2. The mission targets production of 10 MMT by 2030. 3. Green hydrogen is produced by electrolysis using renewable energy.

(a)Only 1 and 2 are correct
(b)Only 2 and 3 are correct
(c)Only 1 and 3 are correct
(d)All 1, 2 and 3 are correct

Answer

Why

Correct — C. Statement 1 is true: the Cabinet approval of 4 January 2023 says the mission aims to make India a global hub for production, utilization and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.

Statement 3 is true: green hydrogen is made by electrolysis of water using renewable power.

Statement 2 is false: the 2030 target is at least 5 MMT a year, not 10 MMT. That leaves 1 and 3: option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Only 1 and 2 are correct — Statement 2 is wrong: the approved target is at least 5 MMT a year of green hydrogen capacity by 2030, not 10 MMT. Every option that includes statement 2 fails.
(b)
Only 2 and 3 are correct — Statement 2 is wrong, since the target is at least 5 MMT a year, and dropping statement 1 discards the mission's stated aim of a global hub for production and export.
(d)
All 1, 2 and 3 are correct — Accepting all three means accepting 10 MMT. The approved target is at least 5 MMT per annum by 2030, with about 125 GW of renewable capacity added.

Concept

The National Green Hydrogen Mission was approved by the Union Cabinet on 4 January 2023 with an initial outlay of ₹19,744 crore. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) implements it.

Its main lever is the SIGHT programme (Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition), which funds two incentives: domestic manufacture of electrolysers and production of green hydrogen.

Hydrogen is called green when it comes from water split by electrolysis using renewable electricity.

The 2030 outcomes listed at approval: at least 5 MMT per annum of production capacity, about 125 GW of associated renewable capacity, over ₹8 lakh crore of investment and over 6 lakh jobs.

Key facts

The Union Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission on 4 January 2023, with an initial outlay of ₹19,744 crore.
2030 target: green hydrogen production capacity of at least 5 MMT per annum, with about 125 GW of associated renewable capacity.
The nodal ministry is the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
SIGHT gets ₹17,490 crore of the outlay and backs electrolyser manufacturing and green hydrogen production.

Study next

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Common traps

Doubling the target to 10 MMT: the approved figure is at least 5 MMT per annum by 2030.
Naming the Environment Ministry as nodal: MNRE implements the mission.

The mission also appears at 14 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.18, an Assertion-Reason item whose Reason, that MoEFCC implements it, is keyed false.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

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