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Down To Earth Books is the magazine's publishing wing. It publishes two annuals: State of India's Environment and State of India's Environment In Figures, the country's only annual survey on the environment. The latter is a completely data-driven annual statement on the state of India's environment published every World Environment Day. [3]
The news reports claimed the uranium levels were more than 60 times the maximum safe limit. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] In 2012, the Government of India confirmed [ 46 ] that the ground water in Malwa belt of Punjab has uranium metal that is 50% above the trace limits set by the United Nations' World Health Organization.
According to the "State of India's Environment-2022" report, India ranks as the fourth worst-affected country globally in terms of climate change-induced migration, with over three million people forced to abandon their residences in the year 2020-2021. These statistics emphasize the escalating impact of climate change on migration patterns ...
Down to Earth – fortnightly politics of environment and development magazine; Electronics For You – technology monthly; Express Computer – monthly information technology; Femina India – women's magazine; FHM India – monthly; Filmfare – Bollywood magazine; Forbes India – business magazine; Frontline – current affairs magazine ...
Such political and constitutional changes prepared the groundwork for the creation of a federal Department of Environment in 1980, turned into the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1985. [4] Although tackling climate change was already a responsibility of the ministry, its priority was raised when in May 2014 the ministry was renamed to ...
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Air pollution in India is a serious environmental issue. [1] Of the 30 most polluted cities in the world, 21 were in India in 2019. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As per a study based on 2016 data, at least 140 million people in India breathe air that is 10 times or more over the WHO safe limit [ 4 ] and 13 of the world's 20 cities with the highest annual levels ...
Environment policies of the Government of India include legislations related to environment.. In the Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 48A says "the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country"; Article 51-A states that "it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural ...