Consider the following statements with respect to National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI): 1. Its research focuses only water and sewage supply2. NEERI falls under Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate change. Which of the following codes below given is/are correct? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: D

Notes:

The CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) is a research institute created and funded by Government of India.
It was established in Nagpur in 1958 with focus on water supply, sewage disposal, and communicable diseases and to some extent on industrial pollution and occupational diseases found common in post-independent India.
NEERI is a pioneer laboratory in the field of environmental science and engineering and part of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). NEERI has five zonal laboratories at Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.
NEERI falls under the Ministry of Science and Technology (India) of central government. The NEERI is an important partner organization in India’s POPs national implementation plan (NIP).

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