RAS question
Which mission did the Ministry of Mines workshop connect with building a resilient and self-reliant critical minerals supply chain?
Correct answer: (C) National Critical Minerals Mission.
The Ministry of Mines workshop connected the goal of building a resilient and self-reliant critical minerals supply chain with the National Critical Minerals Mission.
Explanation
The Ministry of Mines report says the Critical Minerals Processing Seminar was organised with Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation as part of ongoing efforts under the National Critical Minerals Mission. It brought together government, industry, academia and research institutions to discuss processing technologies, recycling, state roles, industry-led innovation and financing strategies across the critical minerals value chain. The report also says the discussions supported the mission through technology development, investment mobilisation and ecosystem-building for a resilient, self-reliant critical minerals value chain. That is why the policy framework in the question is the National Critical Minerals Mission, not any other mission listed in the options.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The National Solar Mission is not named in the cited workshop report as the framework for the critical minerals processing seminar or its supply-chain objective.
- (B) The National Green Hydrogen Mission is not the mission cited in the report; the workshop is placed under the National Critical Minerals Mission.
- (D) The National Food Security Mission does not match the report's subject, which is critical minerals processing, recycling and supply-chain resilience.
Concept
This tests current-affairs linkage within Environment and Ecology: identifying the exact national mission attached to critical minerals and supply-chain resilience. It recurs in RAS-style questions because the answer turns on matching a ministry workshop with the mission named in the official document.