National Programme On High-Efficiency Solar PV Module: The Government of India has recently approved the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (Tranche II) on ‘National programme on High-Efficiency Solar PV Modules’, with an outlay of Rs. 19,500 crores The national programme on High-Efficiency Solar PV Modules aims to build an ecosystem for the manufacturing of high-efficiency solar […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Dance To Decarbonise : Musical Event
Dance To Decarbonise : Musical Event The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry will organise a one of its kind musical event, Dance to Decarbonise, National Stadium in New Delhi on December 23, 2022. Dance to Decarbonise: The renewable energy generated through dance will be used to charge electric vehicles. The event aims at showcasing India’s […]
Purse Seine Fishing
Purse Seine Fishing: Certain coastal states had imposed a ban on purse seine fishing. But the central government has criticized the move and said it is unjustified. A purse seine is made of a long wall of netting framed with floating and leadline and having purse rings hanging from the lower edge of the gear, […]
Tentative List Of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Tentative List Of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Three heritage sites were added to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites namely; the Sun Temple at Modhera and Vadnagar town from Gujarat and rock-cut relief sculptures of Unakoti of Tripura. According to UNESCO, A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each nation […]
Environmental-Social-Governance
Environmental-Social-Governance: Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, an autonomous institution under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India recently launched a programme to create ‘impact leaders’ in the areas of Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG). Environmental-Social-Governance is a term that has been coined to refer to specific data designed to be used by investors for […]
Oran land
Oran land: Residents from around 40 villages of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan have walked 225 kilometers to protect community-conserved sacred spaces known as ‘orans’. Currently, the biodiversity hotspots are classified as wastelands. The current categorization is causing a loss of biodiversity and is affecting the livelihood of the locals in the area, as huge chunks of land […]
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) on December 19, 2022. Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF): The framework has 23 targets that the world needs to achieve by 2030. The countries will monitor and report every five […]
Carbon Markets
Carbon Markets: The Energy Conservation (Amendments) Bill, 2022, passed by the Rajya Sabha recently, has several significant features. It will foster a carbon market in India, through the creation of a National emissions trading system (National ETS). Article 6 of the Paris Agreement provides for the use of international carbon markets by countries to fulfil […]
Bullock’s Heart Tree : Cost-Effective Bio-Insecticide
Bullock’s Heart Tree : Cost-Effective Bio-Insecticide A Research intern at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) recently won the prize for developing a cost-effective bio-insecticide from the leaves of bullock’s heart tree (Annona reticulata), popularly known as Ramphal. Bullock heart tree’s extracts have traditionally been used to cure conditions including dysentery […]
E20 Fuel : Soon To Be Launched
E-20 Fuel: Soon To Be Launched Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister has recently said that India will soon launch E-20 fuel with 20% blending of ethanol. The E20 fuel is a twenty percent blend of Ethanol and eighty percent of fossil-based fuel. The introduction of E20 fuel has the motive of reducing the reliance […]
