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ENVIRONMENT - December 2018

Dec 2018

Mar 03, 2024

Jal Shakti Ministry Partners With Colleges for River Conservation

Jal Shakti Ministry signed agreement with 12 technical education institutions for academic and research collaboration towards basin management of six rivers. These are Narmada, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, Cauvery and Periyar. This agreement was signed under the National River Conservation Plan.
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that several efforts were made by the government to clean the river Ganga. He said, due to better planning and proper implementation, today UNESCO has included Namami Gange Mission among the ten best conservation and revitalization campaigns in the world. Mr Shekhawat said, to make river conservation a mass movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi linked it to livelihood and gave the principle of Arth Ganga. The Minister also stressed the need to enhance inter-state cooperation and coordination in river related matters.

Mar 02, 2024

Cabinet Approval, Establishment of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)

The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the establishment of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) with its headquarters based in India. This landmark decision came with a one-time budgetary support of Rs. 150 crore for a period of five years from 2023-24 to 2027-28.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recognising India's significant role in conserving big cats and endangered species, called for the formation of an Alliance of Global Leaders to combat poaching in Asia during his speech on Global Tiger Day in 2019. This call was reiterated on the occasion of commemorating 50 years of India's Project Tiger on April 9, 2023, where the launch of the International Big Cat Alliance was formally announced.
The International Big Cat Alliance focuses on conserving big cats, including Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar, and Cheetah. Five out of these seven big cats are found in India, emphasising the country's pivotal role in big cat conservation.

Zoological Survey of India Names New Marine Species after President Droupadi Murmu

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) identified and named a new species of marine head-shield sea slug discovered along the West Bengal and Odisha coasts. Named Melanochlamys droupadi, this distinctive species bears a ruby red spot and has unique characteristics that distinguish it from other sea slugs.
The species was discovered from the coastal areas of Digha in West Bengal and Udaipur in Odisha.
It is characterised by its short, blunt cylindrical body, smooth dorsal surface, and distinctive red spot.
Named after the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, Melanochlamys droupadi was confirmed through morphological, anatomical, and molecular examinations.

Mar 01, 2024

India's Leopard Population Rises to 13,874

India's estimated leopard population rose from 12,852 in 2018 to 13,874 in 2022, but the number of rosetted felines declined slightly in the Shivalik Hills and the Indo-Gangetic Plains, the Union Environment Ministry said.
According to the 'Status of Leopards in India' report, launched by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number of leopards in the country at 3,907 (up from 3,421 in 2018).
The number of felines grew from 1,690 in 2018 to 1,985 in 2022 in Maharashtra, from 1,783 to 1,879 in Karnataka, and from 868 to 1,070 in Tamil Nadu.

Feb 27, 2024

India Unveils Largest Solar-Battery Project, Pioneering Renewable Energy Innovation

The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), under the aegis of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, successfully commissioned India's largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), which stores energy using solar energy. The 40 megawatts (MW) / 120MWh BESS with a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant which has an installed capacity of 152.325 megawatt hour (MWh) and dispatchable capacity of 100MW AC (155.02 MW peak DC) is located in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The energy would be purchased by the state of Chhattisgarh, thus contributing to meeting the peak energy demand of the state using green electrons and also towards its renewable purchase obligations.
The project was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing.
The project has been constructed with funding from the World Bank and Clean Technology Fundunder Innovation in Solar Power & Hybrid Technologies Projectas well as leveraged financing from domestic lending agencies.

Feb 25, 2024

NTPC to Set up India's Largest Green Hydrogen Production Facility in Andhra Pradesh

Power sector PSU and India's largest integrated power company NTPC Limited signed a land lease agreement with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) for setting up 'Integrated Green Hydrogen Hub', India's largest green hydrogen production facility near Visakhapatnam.
The hub will come up on 1,200 acres of land near Pudimadaka village of Atchutapuram mandal in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The Pudimadaka Green Hydrogen Hub aims to create a world-class ecosystem for technologies in the new energy paradigm, such as electrolyser and fuel cell manufacturing, related ancillary industries, and start-up, incubation, testing facilities, production and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives such as green ammonia and green methanol.

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