UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 73
Which of the following are the key features of 'National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)'?
- River basin is the unit of planning and management.
- It spearheads the river conservation efforts at the national level.
- One of the Chief Ministers of the States through which the Ganga flows becomes the Chairman of NGRBA on rotation basis.
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Correct answer: A
Correct Option: A
Explanation: NGRBA, set up in 2009, applied an integrated river-basin approach to national Ganga conservation, chaired by the Prime Minister rather than a rotating Chief Minister.
Statement/Pair-wise Analysis:
Statement/Item 1: Correct - River-basin planning treats water quality, ecology and upstream/downstream impacts together.
Statement/Item 2: Correct - The authority was designed to lead/coordinate national-level Ganga conservation efforts.
Statement/Item 3: Incorrect - The Prime Minister chaired NGRBA; the chair did not rotate among Ganga-basin Chief Ministers.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Correct - includes all and only the true statements/items.
B: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/item 3; omits correct statement/item 1.
C: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/item 3; omits correct statement/item 2.
D: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/item 3.
Review Note: NGRBA was later replaced by a new institutional framework in 2016; the question uses the pre-reorganisation authority.