According to the Policy Brief on crop residue burning by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) entitled Innovative Viable Solution to Rice Residue Burning in Rice-Wheat Cropping System through Concurrent Use of Super Straw Management System-fitted Combines and Turbo Happy Seeder (October, 2017) (please click here to access):
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According to the report entitled: Statistics Related to Climate Change-India 2015, prepared by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, please click here to access: • India’s share of CO2 in the total emissions in the world is very insignificant in per capita terms. The per capita emission of an Indian citizen is 1.2 tons of CO2 whereas…
Read MoreThe graph below shows the share of different sectors (Industry, Agriculture, Forestry etc.) in total GHG (green house gas) emissions in 2004 in terms of CO2-eq*. (Forestry includes deforestation). Global GHG emissions due to human activities have grown since pre-industrial times, with an increase of 70 percent between 1970 and 2004 time bomb 1 Source:…
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According to Compendium of Environment Statistics India 2008-2009, produced by Central Statistical Organization (CSO),http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/comp_env_2008-09.pdf: According to the Report of the Committee to Evolve Road Map on Management of Wastes in India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, March, 2010, http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/Roadmap-Mgmt-Waste.pdf: According to the report The State of World Population 2009 (UNFPA): Facing a changing…
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KEY TRENDS • In 8 out of 17 states/ UTs the flood management works were not taken up in an integrated manner covering entire river/ tributary or a major segment of rivers/ tributaries and the Preliminary Project Reports/ Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) were not prepared in accordance with the scheme guidelines. There were huge delays…
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Please click here to access the report by Central Water Commission entitled Flood Damage Statistics (state-wise and for the country as a whole) from 1953 to 2016 (released on 10th May, 2018) Flood is one of the natural calamities that the country faces almost every year in varying degree of magnitude. The frequent occurrence of flood can be…
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According to the report entitled: Global Estimates 2014: People displaced by disasters, which has been produced by Norwegian Refugee Council and Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (please click here to download): • During the year 2013, in India 1.04 million people were displaced due to floods and 1.0 million people were displaced due to the tropical cyclone Phailin. • …
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According to the report entitled Disaster Management in India (2011), Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI, http://ndmindia.nic.in/UNDP-020811.pdf: Table a and table b show the major disasters faced by India. According to the report entitled Disaster Management in India (2011), Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI, http://ndmindia.nic.in/UNDP-020811.pdf: Table a and table b show the major disasters faced by India. Table…
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According to Disaster Management in India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, http://www.unisdr.org/eng/mdgs-drr/national-reports/India- report.pdf: • Disaster management occupies an important place in this country’s policy framework as it is the poor and the under-privileged who is worst affected on account of calamities/disasters. • India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of…
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