Consider the following statements :
- 1.The India Sanitation Coalition is a platform to promote sustainable sanitation and is funded by the Government of India and the World Health Organization.
- 2.The National Institute of Urban Affairs is an apex body of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in Government of India and provides innovative solutions to address the challenges of Urban India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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Answer: D. Statement 1 is wrong: the India Sanitation Coalition was launched in 2015 at FICCI as a multi-stakeholder platform; it is not funded by the Government of India and WHO. Statement 2 is wrong: the National Institute of Urban Affairs is an autonomous research institute (think tank) supported by the Ministry, not its apex body. So neither.
Watch for: Statement 2 describes NIUA's work fairly well, but the label 'apex body' is wrong.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because ISC is not a GoI and WHO funded body.
- B. Wrong because NIUA is an autonomous institute, not the Ministry's apex body.
- C. Wrong because both statements are incorrect.
Source to check: India Sanitation Coalition website (indiasanitationcoalition.org); NIUA website (niua.in), 'About'
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