CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Recently, Airport Authority of India (AAI) banned single-use plastic items for how many airports?
A
8
B
10
C
16
D
25
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -AAI manages a total of 137 airports which include 24 International airports (3 Civil Enclaves), 10 Custom Airports (4 Civil Enclaves) and 103 Domestic airports (23 Civil Enclaves). AAI provides air navigation services over 2.8 million square nautical miles of air space.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Maharashtra government has become the first state in the country to ban single-use plastic. In real terms, this means, dishes, plates, cups, glasses, and more, with plastic coating and lamination are being sold as paper products.

Detailed explanation-3: -Synopsis. GMR-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) recently announced that Delhiā€™s Indira Gandhi International Airport has become free of single-use plastic usage.

Detailed explanation-4: -To phase out select SUP items by 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, on 12 August 2021.

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