CURRENT AFFAIRS

2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) signed MoU with whom to collaborate in the area of Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage?
A
Reliance
B
TATA steel
C
Mahindra
D
Google
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -NITI Aayog releases study report on ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s first carbon capture plant for a blast furnace has been successfully designed and commissioned for Tata Steel by Carbon Clean, a leader in cost-effective carbon dioxide capture and separation technology.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) is a technology that can capture and make effective use of the high concentrations of CO₂ emitted by industrial activities. Consequently, it has a key role to play in decarbonization and the addressing the challenge of global climate change.

Detailed explanation-4: -Set up in 1942 as an autonomous body, CSIR is now the largest publically funded multi-disciplinary industrial R&D organization in India under the administrative supervision of Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI.

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