Q. Consider the following statements regarding the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI):
1.NEERI was established in 1958 in Nagpur with a focus on water supply, sewage disposal, communicable diseases, and industrial pollution.
2.NEERI operates under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of the central government.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation:
Statement 1: Correct- NEERI was established in 1958 in Nagpur with a focus on water supply, sewage disposal, communicable diseases, and to some extent, industrial pollution and occupational diseases, especially in post-independent India.
Statement 2: Incorrect- NEERI operates under the Ministry of Science and Technology, not the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). It is a constituent laboratory of the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research).
Source– Tribune
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