Question

New Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies is launched in

• A. New Delhi
• B. Kanpur
• C. Lucknow
• D. Varanasi

Answer 1

The correct option is B Kanpur

• NGRBA stands for National Ganga River Basin Authority.
• It is financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganges River, functioning under the water resource ministry of India.
• It was established by the Central Government of India, on 20 February 2009 under Section 3(3) of the Environment Protection Act, 1986.
• New Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies is established at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) in 2016.
  
• Hence the new Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies is launched in Kanpur.
• So, the correct answer is 'Kanpur'.