Environmet Current Affairs, GK & News

National Mission for Clean Ganga approves 10 projects

August 11, 2017

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved ten projects in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal to the tune of about Rs. 2,033 crore. These projects were approved in the 5th meeting of the Executive Committee of NMCG. Eight of the ten projects pertain to sewage infrastructure and treatment, one each to ghat ..

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World Bank launches $500 million Transformative Carbon Asset Facility

December 7, 2015

The World Bank has launched a $500 million dollars Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF) to help developing countries pay for emission reductions and combat climate change. It is market-based scheme specially designed to help developing countries and would establish the world’s first programmatic carbon market. Key facts The scheme will reward countries for reducing emissions ..

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