Punjab is faced with a depletion in groundwater. Recent reports have suggested that if the current rate of exploitation is not checked the state will be pushed to...
Ever since the launch of the MGNREGA or the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, in 2005, it will for the first time have non-human beneficiaries in...
The white-throated rail is the only flightless bird known in the Indian Ocean area. Features of White Throated Rails The white-throated rail is a chicken-sized bird. It is...
The fertilizer industry has been classified under the �red category� of polluting sectors by the Central Pollution Control Board .It causes following environmental concerns: �Water pollution: The discharge...
National Mission on climate change entails a national Mission on smart agriculture highlighting clear link between climate change and agricultural resilience. Need for climate resilient agriculture: Rainfed –...
Carbon market is a market where buying and selling of carbon credits take place. Its motive is to reduce global carbon emissions. The Kyoto protocol and the Paris...
Climate budgeting refers to a policy by which the public funds can be aligned and mobilized for the purpose of national climate policy priorities. In simple words, this...
Though the budgetary allocations to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has increased by 18.88% from the previous year’s allocation, issues like wildlife conservation, pollution...
Mangrove is a small tree or shrub which grows in coastal saline or brackish water areas. It has numerous tangled roots that grow above ground known as pneumatophores...
Area Strip mining and Contour mining are two types of surface coal mining techniques. Area strip mining is a type of mining used on a flat terrain. In...
