Subject: Environment Context: The M-sand policy is likely to come into force in a few months with more changes, about issues such as license and transport, incorporated in it. Concept : Manufactured sand is produced from hard granite stone by crushing. It is manufactured using technology like High Carbon steel hit the rock and then […]
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) EIA is the management tool for identifying environmental, social and economic impacts of a project before decision-making. Thus, it seeks to ensure optimal use of natural resources within the context of sustainable development. EIA and INDIA: EIA started in India in 1978-79 in case of river valley projects. But […]
Subject : Environment Context : Recent surveys done by the Wildlife Association of South India (WASI) indicate that the population of the Masheer species in the Moyar is likely to be genetically pure owing to its isolation. Concept : Largest and hardest fighting freshwater fish in the world, the majestic hump-backed mahseer, once a prize […]
Subject : Environment Context : The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), one of the longest migrating small birds , has been sighted for the first time in the country in Thiruvanathapuram. Concept : It breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic region. The bird weighs around 10 g and it has long wing feathers […]
Subject : Environment Context :The draft EIA notification, 2020, weakens the role of the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) and gives more authenticity to approved consultants, the SEAC-Tamil Nadu submitted to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Concept : EIA is an important process for evaluating the likely environmental impact of a proposed […]
Subject: Environment Context: Karnataka Forest Minister Anand Singh announced in the Assembly that the state government would soon declassify 6.64 lakh hectares deemed forests in the state (nearly 67%) and hand it over to Revenue authorities. Concept: The Supreme Court, in a Dec 12, 1996 judgement, had broadened the definition of forest to include not […]
Subject : Environment Context : India has added two more Ramsar sites. They are Lonar lake in Maharashtra which is the only crater lake of the country while the other is Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake in Agra of Uttar Pradesh. Concept : The Ramsar Convention signed on 2nd February, 1971, is one […]