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NGT Directs CPCB to Prepare Noise Pollution Maps
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare a noise pollution map and remedial action plan to solve the issue across the country. NGT Order CPCB has been directed to prepare a noise pollution map and identify hotspots and categorise the cities with specified hotspots and propose a ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Central Pollution Control Board • CPCB • National Green Tribunal • NGT • Noise pollution
NGT directs CPCB to prepare a noise pollution map
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare a noise pollution map and remedial action plan to solve the issue across the country. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the CPCB to identify noise pollution hotspots and categorise cities with specified hotspots and ..
Topics: Adarsh Kumar Goel • Central Pollution Control Board • Contents • Government of India • Judiciary of India • Ministry of Environment and Forests • National Green Tribunal Act • Noise pollution • Pollution • Pollution in India • Remedial action
National Clean Air Programme Launched
The Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The programme aims to tackle the challenge of increasing pollution in the cities and towns. Features of the Programme The important features of the programme are: It is a five-year action plan with a tentative target of 20-30% reduction in concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: BS-VI norms • Central Pollution Control Board • Harsh Vardhan • National Clean Air Programme • NCAP • Non-attainment cities • Union Environment Minister
2017 base year for National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
On January 10, Union Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the much-awaited National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to combat air pollution. The NCAP is a pollution control initiative that was launched with the intention to cut the concentration of coarse (PM10) and fine particles (PM2.5) by at least 20% in the next five years, with ..
Topics: Air pollution • Central Pollution Control Board • Environmental issues • India • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Nature • NITI Aayog • Particulates • Pollution in India
T S R Subramanian Committee
On Environment A High Level Committee headed by Shri T.S.R. Subramanian was constituted to review various Acts administered by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. The Committee reviewed the following laws: (i) Indian Forests Act, 1927, (ii) Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (iii) Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, (iv) Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, (v) Air (Prevention and Control ..
Topics: Central Pollution Control Board • Compensatory Afforestation • Environmental law • Environmental protection • Environmental social science • Ministry of Environment • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Natural environment • Nature • Pollution in India
Sal River
The Sal River is a small river in Navelim, Goa state. The central government has approved a project under its National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) to abate pollution of river Sal at an estimated cost of Rs 61.7 crore. Cost of the project, covering setting up of sewage treatment facilities and sewer network, will be shared equally between the ..
Topics: Central Pollution Control Board • India • Navelim • Pollution • Sal River • Sewage