How inverter ACs catalysing the energy-efficient future Subject :Environment Section: Environment Legislation Context: Cost Efficiencies, growing climate awareness and rising purchasing power is triggering a discernible consumption shift in India, with energy-efficient inverter air conditioners gaining traction among consumers and manufacturers ramping up output. Inverter ACs: According to latest data from the Bureau […]
Govt to launch Project Dolphin and Project Lion on the lines of Project Tigers Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Concept: Project dolphin Project Dolphin will involve conservation of Dolphins and the aquatic habitat through use of modern technology especially in enumeration and anti-poaching activities. The project will engage the fishermen and other river/ ocean dependent […]
‘Catch the rain’ campaign Subject :Environment Section :Environment legislation and schemes Context: Recent PM spoke about the Catch the rain’ campaign What is the ‘Catch the rain’ campaign? On World Water Day (March 22), Indian PM launched a campaign named ‘Catch the rain’, under the Centre’s flagship Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Under this campaign, […]
Mission Amrit Sarovar Subject: Environment Section: Environment legislation and schemes The Prime Minister launched a new Mission Amrit Sarovar on 24th April 2022. The objective of the mission is to conserve water for the future. The Mission is aimed at developing and rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of the country as a part of […]
Plastic Pollution widespread in all water bodies of world Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Coral reefs: In a recent study it has been found that Macroplastics ( over 5 cm) constituted 88 percent of debris found in reefs. Levels of macroplastics were highest in the deep reefs. In most surveyed areas, fishing vessels were […]
Change of forest definition-Forest conservation (amendment) Bill (FCA) 2023 Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: One of the important amendments in the FCA-2023 is altering the definition of ‘forest’ set by the Supreme Court of India in 1996. The amendment bill proposes that these have been notified as ‘forest’ according to the Indian Forest […]
Indian Presidency’s Gandhinagar Implementation Roadmap (GIR) and Gandhinagar Information Platform (GIP) for strengthening the G20 Global Land Initiative Subject: Environment Section: International Conventions The Gandhinagar Implementation Roadmap (GIR) and the Gandhinagar Information Platform (GIP) The Gandhinagar Implementation Roadmap (GIR) and the Gandhinagar Information Platform (GIP) are centred around the restoration of landscapes of […]
Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) Subject: Environment Section: International Conventions It gathers countries and companies that are committed to action to achieve the Paris Agreement. It was launched by the governments of Sweden and India at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 and is supported by the World Economic Forum. […]