CURRENT AFFAIRS

2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many cities have been certified as 5-Star according to results of the Star rating of garbage-free cities for the assessment year 2019-2020 by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs?
A
5
B
9
C
6
D
3
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The top ‘five-star garbage-free’ tag was given to six cities including Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur, Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, Gujarat’s Rajkot and Surat, Karnataka’s Mysore and Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai. As many as 141 cities were rated based on their garbage management.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indore further cemented its top place by emerging as India’s first 7-star garbage-free city, while Surat, Bhopal, Mysuru, Navi Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, and Tirupati earned 5-star garbage-free certifications. The state awards saw a few surprises.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the eve of Good Governance Day (25th December), the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the ‘Star Rating Protocol of Garbage Free Cities- Toolkit 2022. It is the most important governance tool of waste management – the Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free Cities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The current survey by the central government has brought the city of Indore to the top list for the sixth consecutive time. Indore is followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai with all these states receiving an award from the President of India, Draupadi Murmu.

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