by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 1, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
Introduction The Amrit Dharohar Scheme was announced by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the Union Budget session 2023–24. This scheme aims at creating awareness among the people regarding the importance of wetlands, conserving environment, and...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 25, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
Introduction The Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) scheme was introduced during the Union Budget session 2023–24, by the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, to facilitate the development of mangroves in the country and was...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 25, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified Green Credit Programme (GCP) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 on October 13, 2023. The GCP had been launched by the Finance Minister in February 2023 in her Union Budget 2023-24...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 17, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
‘Project Tiger’ was launched on April 1, 1973 to promote tiger conservation and increase the population of the animal at a time when it was rapidly declining in numbers. Launched from the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, the project also aimed to preserve...
by Team Spectrum Books | Apr 9, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
According to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Statement on Climate of India during 2022, the annual mean land surface air temperature in India was 0.51 °C above the long-term average for the period of 1981–2010 in 2022. The nationwide records...
by Team Spectrum Books | Feb 25, 2023 | Ecology and Environment
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had launched the document ‘Lion @ 47: Vision for Amrutkal’ as a part of the Project Lion on December 22, 2022, with the aim of conserving the Asiatic Lions in Gir, Gujarat. Project Lion envisages ecology-based...
