SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 41

SSC CGL - 03 Dec 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q41

Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Asia’s largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in ________.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. Punjab.

  • Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Asia’s largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in  Punjab Sangrur on 18 October 2022.
  • It is covered over an area of ​​20 acres and has been started with a foreign direct investment of around Rs. 220 crores.
  • Presently, the production of the plant is approximately 6 tonnes per day.
  • This capacity will be increased later to 300 tonnes of paddy straw per day utilizing eight 10,000 cubic meter digesters to produce 33 TPD compressed biogas.
  • It will also support cutting down the requirements for stubble burning.