Question 2597
Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Cabinet approvals in March 2025? The Union Cabinet approved a Revised National Program for Dairy Development (NPDD) with an additional Rs 1,000 crore, bringing the total budget to Rs 2,790 crore for the 15th Finance Commission period. The Cabinet approved a new Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex with an annual capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes at a cost of Rs 10,601.40 crore in Assam. The Cabinet approved the construction of a 3-lane National Highway connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) Port with Chowk in Maharashtra, with an estimated cost of Rs 4,500.62 crore.
Answer
Only 1 and 2
Why?
The correct answer is Only 1 and 2. In News The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Revised National Program for Dairy Development (NPDD) with an additional Rs 1,000 crore, bringing the total budget to Rs 2,790 crore for the period of the 15th Finance Commission (FC) cycle. They also approved a new Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex with an annual capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes at an estimated cost of Rs 10,601.40 crore in Assam. In addition, a proposal for the construction of a Greenfield National Highway connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) Port with Chowk in Maharashtra was approved, but it is a 6-lane highway, not a 4-lane highway. Key Points Statement 1 is correct: The Union Cabinet approved the Revised National Program for Dairy Development (NPDD) with an additional Rs 1,000 crore for the 15th FC cycle, bringing the total budget to Rs 2,790 crore. Statement 2 is correct: A new Brownfield Ammonia-Urea Complex with an annual capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes is being set up at Namrup in Assam with an estimated cost of Rs 10,601.40 crore. Statement 3 is incorrect: The Cabinet approved the construction of a 6-lane National Highway, not a 4-lane highway, to connect Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) Port with Chowk in Maharashtra at an estimated cost of Rs 4,500.62 crore. Additional Information Additional approvals: Incentive Scheme for promotion of low-value Bharat Interface for Money- Unified Payments Interface (BHIM-UPI) transactions Persons to Merchant (P2M)’, with estimated budget of Rs 1,500 crore for Financial Year 2024-25 (FY25). Revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM), with an additional Rs 1,000 crore, bringing the total allocation to Rs 3,400 crore during 15th FC cycle from 2021-22 to 2025-26. Setting up of a new Brownfield AmmoniaUrea Complex of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) annual capacity of urea production, at Namrup in Assam, with total estimated cost of Rs 10,601.40 crore.
