Consider the following statements : 1. The Bhopal based Union Carbide India Limited was a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company at the time of the gas tragedy in 1984. 2. The Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act (1985) provided Government of India - the rights to re

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Q: 15 (CDS-II/2010)
Consider the following statements :
1. The Bhopal based Union Carbide India Limited was a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company at the time of the gas tragedy in 1984.
2. The Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act (1985) provided Government of India - the rights to represent all victims of the disaster in or outside India.
3. The subsidiary, which had operated the Bhopal plant, was sold to Eveready Industries India Limited, in 1994.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? ’

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Economics

question_exam: 

CDS-II

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The correct answer is option 2, which states that statements 1 and 3 are correct.

Statement 1 is correct as the Bhopal-based Union Carbide India Limited was indeed a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company at the time of the gas tragedy in 1984. This means that Union Carbide India Limited was owned by Dow Chemical Company.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act (1985) did not provide the Government of India with the rights to represent all victims of the disaster in or outside India. The act primarily focused on providing relief and compensation to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

Statement 3 is correct as the subsidiary that had operated the Bhopal plant was sold to Eveready Industries India Limited in 1994. This means that Union Carbide India Limited, which was responsible for the management of the Bhopal plant during the gas tragedy, was sold to Eveready Industries India Limited.

It is important to note that option 1, which suggests that all three statements are correct, is incorrect. Statement 2 is incorrect, as explained above.