Environment/Energy Security · 8 Aug 2026
With reference to India's hydropower reservoir data for April-July 2026 tabled in Parliament, which one of the following statements is NOT correctly described?
Tests precise recall and comparison of regional data rankings rather than a single aggregate fact, requiring depth beyond the headline national figure.
Subscribe / Login in App →Ministry of Power data tabled in Parliament showed India's hydro reservoir energy content down 43% nationally, with the Southern region collapsing 63% year-on-year, prompting increased reliance on coal-fired generation to cover the shortfall.
UPSC increasingly tests whether aspirants remember not just an aggregate national figure but the actual regional disaggregation and ranking beneath it - exactly what a "NOT correct" question with a plausible-sounding but reversed regional comparison probes.
India's hydro reservoir energy content fell 43% nationally (April-July 2026), with Southern India recording the steepest regional decline at 63%, followed by Eastern (-28%), Northern (-25%), North-Eastern (-22%) and Western (-13%) - the mildest decline of any region.
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