UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Green steel can shape India’s climate goals trajectory
Q1. With reference to India's Green Steel Taxonomy, which one of the following has been designated as the nodal agency for Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and for issuing greenness certificates and star ratings to steel producers?
- A. Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
- B. Joint Plant Committee (JPC)
- C. National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST)
- D. Steel Research and Technology Mission of India (SRTMI)
Q2. How many Task Forces did the Ministry of Steel constitute in February 2025 to recommend measures across the steel-industry decarbonisation chain (covering levers such as energy efficiency, green hydrogen, CCUS and biochar)?
Q3. With reference to the emission-accounting boundary defined in India's Green Steel Taxonomy (2024), consider the following: 1. Scope-1 direct emissions of the steel plant 2. Scope-2 emissions from purchased electricity 3. Embodied emissions in purchased raw materials and intermediary products 4. Upstream emissions from iron-ore mining Which of the above are correctly identified as items included within the taxonomy's emission scope?
- Scope-1 direct emissions of the steel plant
- Scope-2 emissions from purchased electricity
- Embodied emissions in purchased raw materials and intermediary products
- Upstream emissions from iron-ore mining
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q4. Under India's Green Steel Taxonomy, the highest (Five-Star) green rating is awarded to steel plants whose CO2-equivalent emission intensity is below which one of the following thresholds (tonnes of CO2e per tonne of finished steel)?