pollution control

Environment protection laws, Policies and regulatory framework

The Environment Protection Act is an important legislation that provides for coordination of activities of the various regulatory agencies, creation of authorities with adequate powers for environmental protection, regulation of the discharge of environmental pollutants, handling of hazardous substances, etc. The Act provided an opportunity to extend legal protection to non-forest habitats (‘Ecologically Sensitive Areas’) … Read more

Waste Water Management

Waste Water Management Water, food and energy securities are emerging as increasingly important and vital issues for India and the world. Most of the river basins in India and elsewhere are closing or closed and experiencing moderate to severe water shortages, brought on by the simultaneous effects of agricultural growth, industrialization and urbanization. Current and … Read more

31.05.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH CM to inaugurate plastic waste mgmt project   Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate Plastic Waste Management Project on World Environment Day on June 5 at Samanvay Bhavan Bhopal. Chouhan will give away prizes to the institutes, individuals for outstanding work in the field of environment and winners of painting contest and … Read more

03.02.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current

MADHYA PRADESH Chouhan expands his cabinet, 3 new faces to join   Ahead of the Assembly elections which are due later this year, a Cabinet expansion in Madhya Pradesh will take place on Saturday. Three new faces- Jalam Singh Patel, Narayan Singh Kushwaha and Balkrishna Patidar- are likely to be inducted.   The Chouhan-led Government, … Read more

Citizen Centric Governance

Citizen Centric Governance The “key word” Citizen Centric Governance to be used in this is the “citizens engagement” in the various phases of the service definition, development, refining and monitoring, and the whole concept of user-centric services is based on “putting the citizen (user) at the centre of innovative services” starting from enabling of a specific … Read more

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

The Environment Protection Act is an important legislation that provides for coordination of activities of the various regulatory agencies, creation of authorities with adequate powers for environmental protection, regulation of the discharge of environmental pollutants, handling of hazardous substances, etc. The Act provided an opportunity to extend legal protection to non-forest habitats (‘Ecologically Sensitive Areas’) … Read more