Air Pollution in India Current Affairs, GK & News
Centre’s Panel for Air Quality Management in NCR Dissolved
The Panel for Air Quality Management set by the Central government in around the National Capital Region has now been dissolved after five months of its constitution. Highlights The Panel was set by the Centre government in the month of October 2020. Now the panel stands dissolved because the ordinance which was passed to set ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Air pollution • Air Pollution in India • Air Quality • Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) • commission for Air Quality Management • Delhi pollution • Delhi-NCR
Pollution in India: Short Essay
The problem of pollution has its roots in the problem of overpopulation. Humans have created too much trash and there is too little space on the planet to dump it in. Landfills are filling up faster than ever. Incinerators are creating more air pollution than the trash. With both population and pollution increasing at equal ..
Topics: Air Pollution in India • Environment • Land Pollution in India • Millennium Development Goals • Pollution • Pollution in India • Sustainable development • Water pollution in India • WHO
India fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in world
According to the study by the Global Carbon Project, India is the fourth highest emitter of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the world, accounting for 7% of global emissions in 2017. India’s emissions look set to continue their strong growth by an average of 6.3% in 2018, with growth across all fuels — coal (7.1%), oil ..
Topics: Air Pollution in India • Climate change • Climate change policy • Coal • Coal mining • Economic geology • Fuels • Geology • Greenhouse gas emissions by China