Question: Which ministry has launched ‘Water Heroes’ contest recently?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Science,technology and Earth Sciences
(c) Ministry of Jal Shakti
(d) None of the above
Ans: c
Context
- Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched ‘Water Heroes – Share Your Stories’ Contest on 17th November 2021.
- Ministry has announced that contest will start from 1st December 2021.
- Related Facts
- Contest is organised to promote water conservation practices among common people .
- To make water conservation a people’s movement and strengthen the water consciousness in the country is one of the primary objective of the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- Ministry aims to encourage and collect best practices in water conservation and management from across the nation through the contest.
- Contest is organised by Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, working under the parent head of Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- Entries to the contest
- Following the launch of contest, entries will be invited for consideration of awards every month.
- A maximum of 10 entries will be considered for the awards every month.
- All the selected entries will be awarded with a cash prize of 10 thousand rupees, along with a certificate.
- How to Participate?
- Interested participent can post their video of 1-5 minute duration (along with a write-up of up to 300 words and some photographs/pictures).
- Video should contain their success stories on water conservation & management depicting the efforts and significant contributions to conserve and manage water resources.
By Kameshwar Shukla
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