‘India Could See An Epidemic Of Lung Cancer From Air Pollution’
Nov 26, 2024 · The crisis continued, with a 24-hour AQI of 349, which translates to “very poor” air quality in Delhi on November 25.Other parts of India were similarly affected: 89 of 252 cities had air capable of causing breathing discomfort, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) bulletin. India committed to reducing air pollution by 40% (compared to …
3 Workers Die Every Day In Indian Factories, Govt Data Show
Jan 21, 2023 · In late November 2022, IndiaSpend met injured workers and relatives of workers who have died in accidents in factories and construction sites in Delhi and Ahmedabad, to understand the barriers to recovery and redress. Safety at factories is often lax, support after an accident is inadequate, and financial and job insecurity and government apathy make pursuing a case against owners and/or ...
Explained: Why Repowering India’s Wind Turbines Will Need More …
Feb 7, 2024 · A critical step towards this progress could be repowering turbines. Repowering, taken up in European countries, has shown good results. El Cabrito Wind Farm in Spain reported a 16% increase in energy production after repowering 23-year-old turbines. The Nørrekær Enge Wind Farm and Klim Fjordeholme Wind Farm in Denmark have respectively doubled and tripled their energy production.
5 11. Incentives 11.1 Micro-Siting Norms For repowering/refurbishment projects: a) For WEGs within own wind farm-the Project Developer will have the liberty for adopting micro siting norms based on the optimized
Budget Explainer: India's Public School Funding Strategy
Jan 26, 2021 · Jaipur: India needs to spend 6% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education, every national education policy (NEP) since 1968 has said.In 2019-20, 52 years since that recommendation, India spent only 3.1% of its GDP on education, the 2019-20 …
India's Smart Cities: Progress and Challenges After 8 Years
Jul 3, 2023 · Hyderabad: Swanky offices and workspaces greet commuters as they cross K.R. Puram and enter Mahadevpura in India’s IT capital, Bengaluru.On one side are the offices of all the tech giants such as Samsung, Amazon and Deloitte, and on the other are restaurants ranging from fine dining to dhabas catering to the tastes of a diverse set of migrants who reside in Bengaluru’s IT belt.
Indian Prisons Saw A Surge In Undertrial Prisoners Over A Decade
Jan 2, 2024 · Mumbai: Over the past decade, Indian prisons have increasingly had more undertrial prisoners, with their share increasing from 66% of prisoners in 2012 to 76% in 2022, as revealed in the latest Prison Statistics India report released by the National Crime Records Bureau. While this figure rose each year, the greatest rise was seen in the pandemic year of 2020, when undertrial prisoner share ...
Why India Needs To Act Decisively On Microplastics
Nov 29, 2024 · “Plastic debris already contaminates our planet from the poles to the equator, from our highest mountains to our deepest oceans. Over 1,300 species are known to ingest or become entangled in plastic debris with reports of associated harm from the base of the food chain to apex predators,” Richard C. Thompson tells IndiaSpend via email. Thompson is the director of the Marine Institute ...
Explained: Why A New Climate Finance Goal Already Has …
Oct 18, 2024 · As per the Paris Agreement, countries are supposed to agree on the next finance goal that will come into effect 2025 onwards, taking the $100 billion as the floor and raising it suitably as per developing countries’ needs.This new corpus will be called the New Collective Quantified Goal on Finance or NCQG.India was one of the few countries in the world to put a number to this finance goal ...
In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws In Favour
Feb 10, 2021 · In Karnataka, the amendments began in 2015 when the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government increased the maximum income of a buyer of agricultural land from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 25 lakh. Then, in November 2020, the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led Bharatiya Janata Party government removed the limit altogether. State revenue minister R. Ashoka, while announcing the changes, said that the government was "amending ...