This “green highways policy” approved by road ministry sets aside one per cent of the civil cost of national highway development projects for the planting of trees in a planned manner, covering both existing NH sections and new routes that would be added to the network.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on impact of climate change, 21/07/2015. A scientific study to assess the impact of climate change has been undertaken and a report entitled “Climate Change and India: A 4X4 Assessment - A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s” was published in 2010 by the Ministry.
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred and Sixty-fourth Report on "Environmental issues in Mumbai and Visakhapatnam".
Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution of Ganga and Yamuna rivers, 21/07/2015. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under the Pollution Inventorization Assessment and Surveillance Project has inventorised 764 Grossly Polluted Industries (GPI) along the main stem of River Ganga.
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests under the Chairmanship of Shri Ashwani Kumar had decided to take up the issue of pollution levels of some of the Tier-II cities of the country.
Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-second Report on 'Effects of Pollution on Taj'.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on climate smart agriculture, 21/07/2015. The Government has taken a major initiative by launching National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) in 2011 to adapt and mitigate the impact of global climate change on Indian agriculture.
