On 11 September 2024, the Cabinet approved 'Mission Mausam' to create a more…
2025
On 11 September 2024, the Cabinet approved 'Mission Mausam' to create a more weather-ready and climate-smart India with an outlay of ______ crores over two years.
- A.
₹5,000
- B.
₹1,000
- C.
₹3,000
- D.
₹2,000
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Correct answer: D
Government-scheme current affairs questions test precise recall of the funding outlay officially announced for a Union Cabinet-cleared national mission, as reported by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Press Information Bureau (PIB) at the time of approval.
On 11 September 2024, the Union Cabinet approved 'Mission Mausam', a scheme under the Ministry of Earth Sciences to build a weather-ready and climate-smart India through better observation, forecasting, and modelling of extreme-weather events. The Cabinet sanctioned a total outlay of ₹2,000 crore for the mission, to be spent over two years (2024-25 and 2025-26).
This figure is confirmed identically by both the PMO press release and the PIB press release issued on the same day, so ₹2,000 crore is the Cabinet-sanctioned outlay for Mission Mausam.
₹5,000 crore is higher than the sanctioned outlay; it is not the Cabinet-approved figure for Mission Mausam.
₹1,000 crore is lower than the sanctioned outlay; it understates the approved allocation.
₹3,000 crore is close to but not the actual sanctioned figure recorded in the official announcement.
₹2,000 crore matches the outlay stated in the official PMO/PIB announcement of the Cabinet's approval.