UPSC Daily PIB Quiz for 18ᵗʰ September 2026

1) With reference to the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY), consider the following statements:

1. District Mineral Foundations derive their financial resources from statutory contributions made by mining lease holders.
2. The revised PMKKKY guidelines seek to orient a substantial share of DMF expenditure towards areas and sectors bearing the direct consequences of mining.
3. The institutional framework of DMFs provides for participation of local institutions in planning, while retaining DMF as a district-level mechanism.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2) With reference to agricultural carbon credits, consider the following statements:

1. Carbon credits generated from agricultural land can reflect both changes in soil carbon and reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions associated with farming practices.
2. Independent verification of the claimed environmental outcomes is important before such reductions can be used for issuance of carbon credits.
3. A farmer participating in an agricultural carbon programme receives an economic return directly from the increase in soil carbon, irrespective of whether a marketable carbon credit is generated.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3) A municipality is evaluating four possible solid-waste management projects. It wants to compare them not merely on the emissions occurring at the treatment facility, but also on transport, processing, disposal and emissions avoided through material or energy recovery.

Which of the following concepts most directly provides such an assessment framework?

4) With reference to Skills4Future: EV & Green Skills Lab, consider the following statements:

1. The initiative represents an industry–government–training-institution approach to developing skills for emerging green technologies.
2. National Skill Training Institutes operate under the Directorate General of Training within the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
3. The programme's emphasis on EV diagnostics and battery systems indicates that green skilling is being linked with both technological transition and employability.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5) With reference to the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), consider the following statements:

1. ECMS seeks to deepen domestic value addition by supporting manufacturing of components and sub-assemblies that form inputs into the wider electronics ecosystem.
2. The distinction between ECMS and the Semicon India Programme is partly based on the breadth of their respective target ecosystems.
3. Inclusion of lithium-ion cells and rare-earth magnets under ECMS creates a linkage between electronics manufacturing and critical-mineral as well as battery supply chains.
4. ECMS represents a continuation of the earlier SPECS approach without any significant change in the nature of manufacturing support.

Which of the statements given above are correct?