Category: 22 Mar 2023

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14 guidelines to address Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC)

GS  Paper 3  Syllabus: Environment Conservation   Source: PIB  Context: Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released 14 guidelines to address Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC)   The objective of the guidelines: To facilitate a common understanding of effective and efficient mitigation of HWC among key stakeholders To facilitate the development of site-specific HWC mitigation measures …

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India misses Renewable Energy: Parliamentary panel

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Infrastructure/Environment/Conservation   Source: TH Context: A parliamentary panel has attributed the low installation of solar roof-top and wind energy projects as key reasons for the shortfall in achieving India’s renewable energy (RE) capacity target of 175 GW by 2022.   Background: India set an ambitious target (in 2014) of installing 175 …

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National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism

GS Paper 2/3 Syllabus: Government policies/Issues Relating to Health/Economy   Source: PIB  Context: With an aim to improve medical tourism in the country, the Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism (2022).   Background: India has been ranked 10th in the Medical Tourism Index (MTI) for 2020-2021 …

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House panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation   Source: IE Context: In order to prevent excessive exploitation of groundwater (GW), a Parliamentary Standing Committee report recommends discouraging the use of electric pumps by introducing measures such as pre-paid cards, etc.   Highlights of the report – “Groundwater: A Valuable but Diminishing Resource”: Over-extraction …

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