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ENVIRONMENT
TOPIC:
- General Studies 3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation.
- General Studies 2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
Post Paris Summit: Roadmap of India— Climate Change
India being a big, complex and the emerging leader for economic growth in the world, needs to choose its path for development judiciously as this will also shape the global energy markets.
Reality Noted:
Within Asia, 24 per cent of deaths due to disasters occur in India, on account of its size, population and vulnerability. Floods and high winds account for 60 per cent of all disasters in India” [Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002–07)]
But this points out towards many How’s:
National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF)
India has taken a number of concrete steps to enable the transition towards a cleaner environment and NCEFis one of the major initiatives taken, to provide an impetus for the development of clean energy
Introduced in the 2010-2011 budget
Objective: ‘funding research and innovative projects in clean energy technologies’
Progressive Steps—
Allocation and disbursement strategy: Need to be revisited annually to ensure balanced distribution of resources between the identified thrust areas
Strengthening of the institutional set-up: To improve the effectiveness and performance of the Fund
Raising awareness and strengthening broad-based support and action:
Operational processes be streamlined:
Categorisation of projects should be introduced: To maintain a balance in the distribution of resources
Consistent monitoring and evaluation: By employing clearly defined metrics to evaluate progress
Ensure adequate allocations are made in the Union Budget keeping in mind anticipated revenues, with necessary corrections made in the supplementary budget
National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE)—
The key focus for government action for energy efficiency and is divided into four components:
Case Study- India
Odd-even numbered vehicle
Objective: To arrest the rising levels of air pollution in the capital
Reason behind ownership of 2 cars or maybe more:
Government needs to:
LED lighting programme:
Addressed
Results:
For a robust energy policy
Firstly, we need to make sure the ratchet mechanism sustains pressure on developed countries to ramp up their efforts:
Secondly, we have to build a robust and ongoing national process:
Key Issues
Stakeholder support: Necessitate improved coordination
Infrastructural hurdles:
Issues regarding obtaining finance:
Capacity building for the financial community: Financial institutions & Banking industry need to
Towards a Low-Carbon Future
Clean energy- Centre-piece of India’s commitment
To achieve the 175 GW clean energy target: Seeking up to $100 billion in investments by 2022
Promoting Green Buildings and Efficiency Standards
Indian cities are projected to increase by more than 400 million people by 2050, triggering extraordinary growth in energy-intensive construction and infrastructure and therefore,
Work on Climate Finance
Overall—
IASbaba’s ‘Climate Change’ Series- MUST READ
http://iasbaba.com/2015/12/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-14th-december-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/10/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-24th-october-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/10/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-9th-october-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/10/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-2nd-3rd-october-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/11/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-24th-november-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/07/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-01st-july-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/11/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-10th-november-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/12/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-2nd-december-2015/
NATIONAL
TOPIC: General Studies 2
- Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges; Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
- Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
UNDP & NITI- Good Practices
In collaboration with the UNDP, Niti Aayog brought out a book titled Good Practices Resource Book 2015 which focusses upon the social-sector delivery of services, which is an integral part of the Niti mandate (dissemination of good practices)
Social-sector public expenditure (and delivery) is most of the times taken up as a State subject and covers subjects befitting the broader ‘social security canvas’ like- education, health, child protection, environment, financial inclusion, food security and public distribution, infrastructure and development, local governance, social security, water and sanitation, and women’s empowerment
A look into the various arms of the measures developed:
Child protection — Sampark (Odisha)
Education —
Environment —(Update it in the Climate Change Notes)
Financial inclusion — Panchayat Banks (Jharkhand)
Health —
Infrastructure and Development — Public transport (Mysore)
Local governance —
Social security —
Water and Sanitation —
Women’s empowerment —
Interventions & Documentation
Connecting the Dots:
MUST READ
NOTE: Detailed analysis on ‘India-Russia relationship’ will be published in a few days
Disaster Management: Shock, but no awe
Cess proceeds in a black hole
Putting the House in order
A Question For Parliament-Can the House deal with disruption instead of being held hostage to it?
Related Articles:
Parliament stalemate : An analysis
Rajya Sabha and Bad Monsoon memories
Misdiagnosis of the Rajya Sabha malfunction: Legislative productivity vis-à-vis legislative dissent
The Missing Engagement and the upcoming Winter
Liveable Cities Mission is what we need
For Detailed Analysis on ‘Smart Cities’, refer the below link
http://iasbaba.com/2015/09/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-16th-september-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/09/iasbabas-monthly-yojana-september-smart-city/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/05/big-picture-smart-cities/
Upside down state- We seem happy to hollow out the public sector where we shouldn’t and regulate the private in harmful ways
Centre planning to replace RGESS with more ‘flexible’ equity scheme
Smart City project may give municipal bonds fresh lifeline- Issuances likely in five to six months; government working on pilot project
India’s Nepal problem-Unending turmoil and sputtering democratic transition has made Nepal a playground for powers hostile to India
Related Articles:
http://iasbaba.com/2015/09/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-28th-29th-september-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/10/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-11th-12th-october-2015/
http://iasbaba.com/2015/08/iasbabas-daily-current-affairs-4th-august-2015/