{"id":97441,"date":"2020-07-13T08:24:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T08:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=97441"},"modified":"2020-07-13T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T08:24:34","slug":"india-cycles4change-challenge-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/india-cycles4change-challenge-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"India Cycles4Change Challenge opens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question:Consider the following with respect to Cycles4Change Challenge:<\/strong><br>(1)The challenge was launched by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.<br>(2)It\u2019s aim is to help cities connect with their citizens as well as experts to develop a unified vision to promote cycling.<br>Which is\/are correct?<br>(a) 1 only<br>(b) 2 only<br>(c) Both 1 and 2<br><strong>(d) None of these<br>Answer : (b)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Smart Cities Mission opened the registration for India Cycles4Change Challenge on 10th July, 2020. The challenge was launched on 25th June, 2020 by Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Challenge aims to help cities connect with their citizens as well as experts to develop a unified vision to promote cycling.<br><br><\/li><li>The Challenge is open to all cities under the Smart Cities Mission, capital cities of States\/UTs, and all cities with a population of more than 5 lakh population.<br><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stages:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Challenge will run in two stages.<ul><li>Stage One will run until October where cities will focus on piloting quick interventions to promote cycling and developing a scale-up strategy.<br><br><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>In October 2020, 11 cities will be shortlisted and will receive Rs. 1 Crore award and guidance from national and international experts to further scale-up the initiatives in Stage Two, which will be held until May 2021.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Smart Cities Mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Launched Year:<\/strong>\u00a02015<\/li><li><strong>Nodal Ministry:\u00a0<\/strong>Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs.<\/li><li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: To develop 100 smart cities across the country by 2022 making them citizen-friendly and sustainable.<\/li><li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: To promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens a clean and sustainable environment and application of \u2018Smart\u2019 Solutions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/india\/covid-19-impact-plan-afoot-to-make-cities-cycle-friendly-registration-for-india-cycles4change-challenge-opens-5534161.html\">https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/india\/covid-19-impact-plan-afoot-to-make-cities-cycle-friendly-registration-for-india-cycles4change-challenge-opens-5534161.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Consider the following with respect to Cycles4Change Challenge:(1)The challenge was launched by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.(2)It\u2019s aim is to help cities connect with their citizens as well as experts to develop a unified vision to promote cycling.Which is\/are correct?(a) 1 only(b) 2 only(c) Both 1 and 2(d) None of theseAnswer : [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1143],"tags":[7420],"class_list":["post-97441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pp","tag-planning-project___en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}