Govt. Exams
Entrance Exams
EPR is a policy approach that places the responsibility for managing the end-of-life of a product on the manufacturer, importer, or producer. This incentivizes them to design products that are easier to recycle and manage waste sustainably, as per India's Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (amended 2024).
PMKSY's 'Per Drop More Crop' component specifically focuses on micro-irrigation technologies like drip and sprinkler systems to improve water efficiency in agriculture. This is particularly relevant for water-scarce regions like Gujarat.
EIA focuses on environmental and social impacts, not the financial cost to developers. Economic viability is addressed through separate financial analyses.
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act grants tribal communities rights to collect forest produce and cultivate traditional forest lands.
Gujarat's textile industry generates significant wastewater containing dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals that contaminate soil and water bodies.
The Basel Convention (1989) regulates the transboundary movement and management of hazardous and other wastes.
The PAT scheme mandates energy efficiency improvements in large industrial and commercial establishments, allowing trading of excess efficiency credits.
Ecological footprint measures the biologically productive area needed to support human activities, including resource consumption and waste absorption.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) break down ozone molecules in the stratosphere, creating the ozone hole. Their production was phased out under the Montreal Protocol.
