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Topic 254 · Science, Technology & Space

India's Cell Broadcast System and SACHET

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Revise the 12 points first Book 1 RATNA

Core Trigger: Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the Cell Broadcast System in New Delhi on 2 May 2026.
Theme: A nationwide test alert around noon carried a distinctive tone; its message said no public action was required.
Current Head: Scindia leads the Communications Ministry; Home Minister Amit Shah is credited with guiding development.
Key Platform: CBS plugs into SACHET, NDMA's Common Alerting Protocol-based Integrated Public Alert System developed by C-DOT.
Data: Alerts target single towers or clusters, arrive within seconds, ignore congestion, reach roamers and cannot be disabled.
Stakeholders: C-DOT built it with DoT, NDMA and MHA; on 12 June 2026 an NDMA advisory suspended the service pending review.
India Link: By 31 August 2022 SACHET operated in 34 States/UTs and had sent over 75 crore SMS alerts.
Headquarters: NDMA and C-DOT are based in New Delhi.
Founded: C-DOT was set up in August 1984 as DoT's autonomous telecom R&D centre, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Landmark: The Disaster Management Act, 2005 (enacted 23 December 2005) created the NDMA; section 44 constitutes the NDRF.
Statute: Section 3: the Prime Minister chairs NDMA; section 14: State authorities chaired by Chief Ministers; section 30: district early-warning duties.
Definition: Cell broadcast sends one geo-targeted alert from towers to every phone in an area at once, unlike one-to-one SMS.

Question 1 of 10

Who launched India's Cell Broadcast System on 2 May 2026?

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Answer: (D) Jyotiraditya Scindia

Core Trigger: Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the Cell Broadcast System in New Delhi on 2 May 2026.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 1

Question 2 of 10

The nationwide Cell Broadcast test alert around noon said what about public action?

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Answer: (D) No public action was required

Theme: A nationwide test alert around noon carried a distinctive tone; its message said no public action was required.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 2

Question 3 of 10

Which Union Minister is credited with guiding the development of the Cell Broadcast System?

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Answer: (D) Amit Shah

Current Head: Scindia leads the Communications Ministry; Home Minister Amit Shah is credited with guiding development.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 3

Question 4 of 10

SACHET, the alert platform that CBS plugs into, is based on which protocol?

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Answer: (D) Common Alerting Protocol

Key Platform: CBS plugs into SACHET, NDMA's Common Alerting Protocol-based Integrated Public Alert System developed by C-DOT.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 4

Question 5 of 10

Which is/are correct? (1) Cell broadcast alerts can be disabled by users. (2) Cell broadcast alerts reach roaming users.

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Answer: (B) Only 2

Data: Alerts target single towers or clusters, arrive within seconds, ignore congestion, reach roamers and cannot be disabled.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 5

Question 6 of 10

By 31 August 2022, SACHET operated in how many States and UTs?

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Answer: (D) 34

India Link: By 31 August 2022 SACHET operated in 34 States/UTs and had sent over 75 crore SMS alerts.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 7

Question 7 of 10

NDMA and C-DOT are based in which city?

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Answer: (D) New Delhi

Headquarters: NDMA and C-DOT are based in New Delhi.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 8

Question 8 of 10

C-DOT was set up as DoT's telecom R&D centre in which month and year?

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Answer: (D) August 1984

Founded: C-DOT was set up in August 1984 as DoT's autonomous telecom R&D centre, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 9

Question 9 of 10

Section 44 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 constitutes which force?

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Answer: (D) National Disaster Response Force

Landmark: The Disaster Management Act, 2005 (enacted 23 December 2005) created the NDMA; section 44 constitutes the NDRF.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 10

Question 10 of 10

Which is/are correct? (1) The Prime Minister chairs NDMA under section 3. (2) State authorities under section 14 are chaired by Governors.

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Answer: (A) Only 1

Statute: Section 3: the Prime Minister chairs NDMA; section 14: State authorities chaired by Chief Ministers; section 30: district early-warning duties.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 254, point 11

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