Pollution in India Current Affairs, GK & News

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’s first e-waste clinic set up in Bhopal

India’s first e-waste clinic is being set up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. For this noble cause, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have signed pact that would enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units. Initially, it will be 3-month pilot project and being ..

Topics: Bhopal • Bhopal Municipal Corporation • Central Pollution Control Board • India • Ministry of Environment and Forests • Municipal solid waste • Pollution in India • Social Issues • Waste

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

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

Proposed Draft National Clean Air Programme

The National clean air programme NCAP was conceived as a detailed strategy to ensure that cities across the country meet specified air quality norms. The features of the proposed National clean air programme:  For the first time, it plans to set up pollution-monitoring stations in rural areas. It envisions setting up 1,000 manual air-quality-monitoring stations ..

Topics: Air pollution • Environmental issues in Delhi • New Car Assessment Program • Pollution • 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