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NMCG River Cities Alliance plan

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: NMCG River Cities Alliance plan (GS3 · Environment, 25 April 2025)

What happened

  • NMCG approved the annual plan for the River Cities Alliance, launched in 2021 [PIB].

Background

  • Focus: river-sensitive planning [PIB].

Why it matters

  • What cities do largely decides the health of their rivers.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-25): NMCG approved the annual plan for the River Cities Alliance, launched in 2021.
  2. What cities do largely decides the health of their rivers.
Quotable data point

NMCG approved the annual plan for the River Cities Alliance, launched in 2021.

PIB: River Cities Alliance, 25 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: RCA.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

RCA launched

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: River Cities Alliance, 25 Apr 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending