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The paper industry in India is more than a century old. Commercial production of paper started as early as 1879. Limitations with respect to forest-based raw materials forced the Indian paperindustry, in these early stages of the ...
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION – FROM INDIAN CONSTITUTION PRESPECTIVE a) The State\'s responsibility with regard to environmental protection has been laid down under Article 48-A of our Constitution, which reads as fo...
EIA Notification, 2006 Issued on 14.09.2006 OBJECTIVES To formulate a transparent, decentralized and efficient regulatory mechanism to: Incorporate necessary environmental safeguards at planning stage Involve stakeholders in t...
Introduction India plans a large expansion of nuclear power. The Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) projects that hundreds of nuclear reactors will be constructed over the next few decades (Grover and Chandra, 2006). There is widesprea...
India is the seventh largest country in the world and Asia’s second largest nation, with an area of 3,287,263 km2. The Indian mainland stretches from 8.o4’ to 37o 6’N latitude and from 68o7’ to 97o 25&rsquo...
What is e-waste? Electronic waste (e-waste) comprises waste electronics/electrical goods that use or have reached their end of life. This may include items such as computers, servers, mainframes, monitors, CDs, printers, scanners, copiers, c...
EIA is an exercise to be carried out before any project or major activity is undertaken to ensure that it will not in any way harm the environment on a short term or long term basis. Any developmental endeavor requires not only the an...
According to Pooley (1972), Piney was the first author to use the word “asbestos”referring to a fibrous mineral of Greek derivation which means “inextinguishable” or“unquenchable”. The wor...
Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, ...
STATUS OF BIOMASS ENERGY Biomass materials are used since millennia for meeting myriad human needs including energy. Main sources of biomass energy are trees, crops and animal waste. Until the middle of 19th century, biomass dominated ...