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Progressive #Worsening of Indias #AirPollution ...
India now holds the Record for housing 35 Cities amongst the Top 50 MOST #POLLUTED Cities in the World as per IQAir. China has only 2 within the top 50
lets look at the #YearWise Trend
Progressive #Worsening of Indias #AirPollution ...
India now holds the Record for housing 35 Cities amongst the Top 50 MOST #POLLUTED Cities in the World as per IQAir. China has only 2 within the top 50
lets look at the #YearWise Trend
In Summary.... As per World air quality report @IQAir
2017 - 15 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2018 - 18 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2019 - 19 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2020 - 19 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2021 - 18 Cities amongst the Top of 25 (35 Cities amongst Top 50)
2017 - 15 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2018 - 18 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2019 - 19 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2020 - 19 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2021 - 18 Cities amongst the Top of 25 (35 Cities amongst Top 50)
2017 - 15 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2018 - 18 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2019 - 19 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2020 - 19 Cities amongst the Top of 25
2021 - 18 Cities amongst the Top of 25 (35 Cities amongst Top 50)
Now that you have seen the Data.... Consider this... Indias Manufacturing GDP is 14.47% of our $3.4trn GDP = US$476 Billion
China has a $5.011 TRILLION Manufacturing GDP (27.4% of $18.3trn).
China has a $5.011 TRILLION Manufacturing GDP (27.4% of $18.3trn).
Chinas Manufacturing is 1050% Indias Manufacturing.
Can India afford to replicate Chinas Manufacturing (Speiclaty Chemicals, Dyes, Chips etc) or Should it be sensible in what sort of Manufacturing it chooses ?
Imagine impact of DOUBLING and TRIPLING on Indias Pollution >
Can India afford to replicate Chinas Manufacturing (Speiclaty Chemicals, Dyes, Chips etc) or Should it be sensible in what sort of Manufacturing it chooses ?
Imagine impact of DOUBLING and TRIPLING on Indias Pollution >
What is India doing on Environmental Laws ?
Government data reveals that environment ministry has given clearance to 2 256 of the 2592 (87%) proposals it had received in the past 6years = approved over 270 projects in and around India’s most protected environments
Government data reveals that environment ministry has given clearance to 2 256 of the 2592 (87%) proposals it had received in the past 6years = approved over 270 projects in and around India’s most protected environments
In 2017, it tweaked wetland rules to consider salt pans to be “wetlands’’, a move that potentially opened up sensitive lands in western parts of India for economic activity
In 2018, the ministry proposed major changes to the National Forest Policy, announced a draft Coastal Regulation Zone notification and came up with new rules for plastic waste management.
In July 2019, the environment ministry exempted 13 railway projects spread over 800ha of land in four states from seeking environmental forest permits. At least four of the projects would damage sensitive areas (national park, tiger reserve, tiger corridor & wildlife sanctuaries)
Under the new provisions, Modi launched the auction of 41 coal blocks, many of which are located in dense forests in Central India. Challenging this decision, the Jharkhand government has approached the Supreme Court of India to halt the auction
Since June, the BJP government has also allowed the extraction of mineral blocks without environmental clearance in the fragile Kashmir region
In April 2020, it rushed the approval process for the 3097MW hydro-electricity Etalin project in Arunachal Pradesh Located in the ecologically and culturally rich Dibang valley - “green clearance” during a virtual Conference of the forest advisory committee.
To curb the growing public dissent over the proposed EIA rules, the government blocked the websites of at least three prominent youth-led environmental advocacy movements – Let India Breathe, Fridays For Future and There Is No Earth B
Over 100 environmental researchers, activists, ecologists, conservationists and former members of various authorities such as the National Board for Wildlife, Project Tiger and the Forest Advisory Committee have signed a letter with a detailed critique of the EIA Amendment
The biggest statistical evidence of India regressing under the Modi regime lies in the 2020 Environmental Performance Index, which ranks the country 168th out of 180 countries, behind all South Asian nations except Afghanistan, which scored the 178th place.
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