NAPCC - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   India's 8 point NAPCC will get three new missions namely __________.

a. Health, Coastal Zones, Waste to Energy
b. Health, Afforestation, Conservation of Water Resources
c. Health, Coastal Zones, Afforestation
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Health, Coastal Zones, Waste to Energy

Explanation:
India’s 8-point National Action Plan on Assessment, Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change (NAPCC) to fight climate change will soon get three new missions.

They are missions on health, coastal zones and waste-to-energy.

These will be added to address the impact of climate change on health, coastal zones and waste-to-energy.

Since 2012, the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change India has instituted a NAPCC that has specified eight national missions.

These include:

  • National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change
  • National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
  • National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency
  • National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem
  • National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
  • National Solar Mission
  • Green India Mission
  • National Water Mission