Some projects under the Smart Cities Mission would not be able to meet the June 30 deadline and the respective state governments would be responsible for completing them thereafter, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs. In its report on the …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Protection of rivers and water bodies from pollution, 12/12/2016. The effluent standards notified by the Government for discharge into rivers and water bodies all across the country are also applicable for tourist and pilgrimage sites. Also, the primary water quality criteria for ‘Bathing water’ …
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2016-2017) present the Eleventh Report on the Action Taken by Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Water Resources on the subject “Review of Ground Water Scenario, need for a comprehensive policy …
The Standing Committee on Finance present this Thirty-Seventh Report on the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2016, introduced in Lok Sabha on 16 March 2016 was referred to the Committee on 12 April 2016 for examination and report thereon, by the Speaker, Lok Sabha under Rule 331E …
According to India’s Fifth National Report submitted to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2014, out of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots, four are present in India which are: (i) Himalaya: (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and hill regions of …
According to India’s Fifth National Report submitted to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2014, out of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots, four are present in India which are: (i) Himalaya: (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and hill regions of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Depletion of Ground Water, 06/12/2016. Impact of riverbed / sand mining on the ground water resources is assessed and monitored in course of considering and granting necessary environmental clearances required as per law. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has not …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environmental Clearance, 06/12/2016. Industries were recategorised based on their pollution potential scores. For the recategorisation, a working group comprising of Members from CPCB and SPCBs representing the States of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Tamilnadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra was constituted. Based on relative …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environmental Protection, 06/12/2016. There were eighteen (18) umbrella schemes of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), which have been now revised to nine (9) in the current financial year. These schemes are implemented in the country, inter alia for protection of the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Green India Mission, 06/12/2016. The National Mission for a Green India (GIM) has a target of increasing forest/tree cover to the extent of 5 million hectares (mha) and to improving quality of forest/tree cover of another 5 mha of forest/non forest land. At present …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Polluting Industries/Plants, 06/12/2016. CPCB has directed the 17 category of highly polluting industries to install system for online monitoring of emission / effluent quality. Out of total 3387 industrial units, 2438 units were identified for installing online monitoring system. 2023 industrial units have so …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Vehicle Emission Standards, 06/12/2016. ARAI is one of the Test Agencies, notified under Rule 126 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, for Type Approval Certification of vehicles as per the notified rules, standards and procedures. Procedure of Type approval certification of motor vehicles is …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Action Against Industrial Units Polluting Ganga, 05/12/2016. CPCB has monitored 764 Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) in the five Ganga states during August, 2011 to September, 2016 out of which 583 units were found non-complying and have been issued directions under Section 5 of Environment …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Bill for Conservation, Protection and Management of Ground Water, 05/12/2016. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR carries out ground water monitoring, four times a year, on regional scale through a network of observation wells in the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on BS-IV Emission Standard Fuel, 05/12/2016. As per roadmap given in ‘Auto Fuel Vision & Policy, 2025’ Report, Government has notified a schedule on 19.01.2015 for phased introduction of BS-IV fuels in the entire country by 01.04.2017. Details of the cities and other areas covered …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on BS-IV Emission Standard Fuel, 05/12/2016. As per roadmap given in ‘Auto Fuel Vision & Policy, 2025’ Report, Government has notified a schedule on 19.01.2015 for phased introduction of BS-IV fuels in the entire country by 01.04.2017. Details of the cities and other areas covered …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Damage to forests due to mining in Chhattisgarh, 05/12/2016. The detail of Mines for which FC Clearance is gives in Annexed as Annexure I. The mining operation leads to complete loss of forest in mine area. However efforts are made to compensate the loss …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Death of tigers, 05/12/2016. As per the country level assessment of tiger population, done once in four years, using the refined methodology, there is 30% increase in tiger numbers countrywide in 2014 with an estimated number of 2226 (range 1945-2491) as compared to 2010 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Global Warming due to HFC-23, 05/12/2016. Hydrofluorocarbon – 23 (HFC-23) or Trifluoromethane, is a by-product produced during the manufacture of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon – 22 (HCFC – 22), a refrigerant gas. HFC-23 is one of the potent greenhouse gases, having Global Warming Potential of 14,800. There …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Impact of climate change on Himalayas, 05/12/2016. During the Twenty Second Session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held from 7th-18th November 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, an event on “Impact of Climate …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Impact of India’s INDC commitment, 05/12/2016. India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) is comprehensive and balanced, incorporating all its development priorities. India’s contribution take into account its commitment to conservation of nature along with development challenges like poverty eradication, food security, universal access to …
