ASIA’s BIGGEST BIO-CNG PLANT IN MP TOPIC: Environment Context- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore via video conferencing. Concept- About Bio-CNG Plant in Indore: A typical bio-CNG station comprises a biogas purification unit, a compressor, and a high-pressure storage system. The Bio-CNG plant in […]
ELEPHANT CORRIDORS TOPIC: Environment Context- Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)’s 2017 report titled Right to Passage highlights the issue of rising conflict around elephant corridors. Jharkhand has been a hotspot for elephants in north India. But, in the last decade, the surge of illegal mining has posed new challenges to the free movement […]
INDIA STATE OF FOREST REPORT 2021 TOPIC: Environment Context- The National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad, prepared a report on India’s forest cover using satellite imagery which led to India State of forest Report Since 1987 Concept- Some four decades ago, in the mid-1980s, the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad, prepared a report on […]
GREEN HYDROGEN TOPIC: Environment Context- To reduce carbon emissions and boost domestic production of green hydrogen to 5 million tonnes by 2030, the Centre announced the green hydrogen/ ammonia policy. Concept- Green Hydrogen Policy: Policy offers free transmission for 25 years. Focus on inter-State transmission connectivity. Plans to set up zones to manufacture […]
RENEWABLE PURCHASE OBLIGATIONS (RPOs) TOPIC: Environment Context- Row between Centre and Telangana govt over renewable energy procurement. Telangana has been particularly vocal about the “increasing burden” forced upon states by the Centre on account of the clean energy cess imposed on coal and the RPOs (Renewable Purchase Obligation). Concept- Renewable Purchase Obligation: Under […]
GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET TOPIC: Environment Context- The Working Group II report of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment (AR6), to be released at the end of the month, will strengthen science on the links between biodiversity loss and climate change: UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Concept- Global carbon Budget: The Global Carbon Budget is produced by […]
WATERBIRDS TOPIC: Environment Context- The waterbird population in inland wetlands in Tamil Nadu recorded during a synchronised survey this year was lesser due to the prevailing high water condition in most of the wetlands. Concept- Due to heavy rain this year, all resident and migratory birds were seen scattered and spread to most […]
SEA CUCUMBER TOPIC: ENVIRONMENT Context- Demand for sea cucumbers turns India-Sri Lanka waters into trafficking hotspot. Concept- The sea cucumber fishery is banned in India and restricted under a licensing system in Sri Lanka, but growing demand for the animals in East Asia has turned the waters between these South Asian countries into […]