Question: Which Public Sector Company has planned to manufacture over 30,000 PPE coverall in April 2020?
(a)Khadi India Limited
(b) Indian Railways
(c)DRDO
(d)IIT Kanpur
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- Indian Railways Production Units, Workshops and field units has started manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Coveralls for medical and health-care personnel.
- Indian Railways will produce over 30,000 such coveralls in April 2020 and plan to manufacture 1,00,000 of the same in May 2020. The prototype coveralls have already cleared the prescribed tests with the highest grades at the authorised DRDO laboratory at Gwalior.
- This will will fulfill the demands of PPE in country.
- Indian Railways has already converted more than 5000 of its passenger coaches into mobile quarantine/isolation facilities.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
Links:
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1614665