'India climate change knowledge portal' was launched in which of the following months of 2020?
- (a)November, 2020
- (b)December, 2020
- (c)September, 2020
- (d)October, 2020
Correct — A, November 2020. The India Climate Change Knowledge Portal was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (then Union Minister Prakash Javadekar) in November 2020 (27 November 2020). It is a single-point online platform that brings together India's major climate-change actions — mitigation, adaptation, international cooperation and finance — across sectors.
- (b)December, 2020 — Wrong — the portal went live in November 2020, not December.
- (c)September, 2020 — Wrong — September 2020 is a decoy; the launch was in November 2020.
- (d)October, 2020 — Wrong — the launch was the following month, November 2020, not October.
The India Climate Change Knowledge Portal is a MoEFCC initiative meant to be a single window on India's climate policy and action. It compiles the government's sector-wise steps and India's international climate commitments so that citizens, researchers and negotiators can find them in one place. It was launched in November 2020.
This is a pure date-recall current-affairs question. The reasoning aid is to fix the nodal ministry (MoEFCC) and the launch month (November 2020); the other months are close decoys designed to catch students who remember 'late 2020' but not the exact month.
- India Climate Change Knowledge Portal launched in November 2020 (27 November 2020).
- Launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
- It is a single-point source on India's climate-change actions across sectors.
- Covers mitigation, adaptation, international cooperation and climate finance.
- Remembering only 'late 2020' and picking the wrong month
- Confusing MoEFCC climate portals with renewable-energy portals of the MNRE
UPPSC & UPSC current-affairs items ask the launch year/month and the nodal ministry of government portals and schemes — pair the portal with MoEFCC + November 2020.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The India Climate Change Knowledge Portal is an initiative of which of the following ministries?
- (a)Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- (b)Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- (c)Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- (d)Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change — the nodal ministry that launched the portal.
- practice — not a real PYQ
India's National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) comprises how many national missions?
- (a)Six
- (b)Seven
- (c)Eight
- (d)Nine
Answer(c) Eight — the NAPCC has eight national missions (e.g., Solar, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Habitat).