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India has been invested in the Arctic region for years and to secure its share of the pie in terms of research and resources, the Indian government has now unveiled a draft Arctic policy.
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 ...
Himadri is India's first permanent Arctic research station [1] located at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. It is located at the International Arctic Research base, Ny-Ålesund. It was inaugurated on the 1st of July, 2008 by the Minister of Earth Sciences. [2] It was set up during India's second Arctic expedition in June 2008. [3]
The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. [4] It is an autonomous institution of the Department of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India which is responsible for administering the Indian Antarctic Programme and maintains the Indian government's Antarctic research stations, Bharati ...
India was ranked seventh among the list of countries most affected by climate change in 2019. [1] India emits about 3 gigatonnes CO 2eq of greenhouse gases each year; about two and a half tons per person, which is less than the world average. [2] The country emits 7% of global emissions, despite having 17% of the world population. [3]
In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Arctic policy by country" The following 12 pages are in this category, out ...
In 2008, India set up its first permanent research base on the Arctic Ocean, Himadri. [17] In 2012, a third research station, the Bharati was made operational, although only for testing. [12] In 2014, the second Arctic research station, a moored observatory named IndARC was commissioned. [12
IndARC is India's first underwater moored observatory in the Arctic region. It was deployed in 2014 at Kongsfjorden fjord, Svalbard , Norway which is midway between Norway and North Pole . [ 1 ] The observatory's research goal is to study the Arctic climate and its influence on the monsoon .