The Energy And Resources Institute (TERI) And Shell Report: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Shell have released a report titled “India: Transforming to a Net-Zero Emissions Energy System”. It illustrates a pathway to steer the domestic energy system towards net-zero emissions by 2050 while achieving India’s sustainable economic development ambitions. Possible yet Challenging: […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
What is Climate Finance?
Climate Finance: The Finance Minister of India urged the advanced economies to scale up their commitments to climate finance and transfer of technologies – which are important for achieving climate-related commitments and goals. The Minister was addressing the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI). Climate Finance: Climate finance refers to local, national or transnational […]
International Conference On Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI)
Opening Ceremony Of International Conference On Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI): The Prime Minister addressed the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) through a video conference. ICDRI is the annual international conference of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) in partnership with member countries, organizations, and institutions to strengthen the […]
Buldhana Pattern For Water Conservation
Buldhana Pattern For Water Conservation: Minister for Jal Shakti informed Rajya Sabha about the ‘Buldhana Pattern’ for water conservation. NITI Aayog has prepared draft guidelines for convergence of the activities of (i) sourcing earth for improvement/construction of national highways, state roads and railways and (ii) water conservation works through desiltation/ deepening of water bodies. This […]
Pusa Farm Sun Fridge (Pusa-FSF)
Pusa Farm Sun Fridge (Pusa-FSF): Scientists from the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have developed an on-farm green energy refrigeration system (Pusa-FSF) and technology for the extraction of gluten from the wheat dough and its regeneration in bajra (pearl millet) and makka (maize) flour. Pusa-FSF: Pusa Farm Sun Fridge (Pusa-FSF) is a 100% solar-powered battery-less […]
Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary : In News
Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary: Rajasthan: Six tigers are missing in Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary (Rajasthan). However, State forest officials are not willing to label them “missing” and denied reports that they may have been poached. The National Tiger Conservation Authority, a wing of the Union Environment Ministry, has constituted a committee to ascertain the disappearance of the […]
Vehicle Scrapping Policy
Vehicle Scrapping Policy: The Union Road and Transport Minister announced the Vehicle Scrapping Policy in the Lok Sabha. It was first announced in the Union Budget for 2021-22. The policy is estimated to cover 51 lakh Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) that are above 20 years of age and another 34 lakh LMVs above 15 years […]
Mines And Minerals Amendment Bill, 2021 : Highlights
Mines And Minerals Amendment Bill, 2021 Introduced In Lok Sabha: The Bill amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. Highlights of the Bill: Removal of restriction on end-use of minerals: The Bill provides that no mine will be reserved for particular end-use. Sale of minerals by captive mines: The Bill provides that […]
Rule Curve of Mullaperiyar Dam : Issue
Mullaperiyar Dam Issue: The Supreme Court said the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary will be “personally responsible” and “appropriate action” will be taken on failure to give information on the ‘rule curve’ for the Mullaperiyar dam to the Supreme Court-appointed Supervisory Committee. The ‘rule curve’ in a dam decides the fluctuating storage levels in a reservoir. […]
What is Project RE-HAB?
Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant-Human Attacks Using Bees): A pilot project launched in Kodagu, Karnataka entails installing bee boxes along the periphery of the forest and the villages with the belief that the elephants will not venture anywhere close to the bees and thus avoid transgressing into the human landscape. This idea stems from the elephants’ […]
