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pratiyogita darpan hindi magazine subscription pratiyogita darpan hindi magazine subscription  Published this article page no   113 Various companies such as NTPC SECI have proposed to set up UMREPPs of around 42000 MW in various states. Advantages of UMREPPs  Provide Common Development Zones It offer developers location that is well characterized with proper infrastructure and access to amenities and where the risk of the projects can be minimized.  Increased Investments It increases the investment potential of already preferred renewable energy sector. For instance the RE sector witnessed significant FDI inflows of $3.22 billion over the last four years.  Enabling the Plug and Play Model Government has proposed the parks will already have necessary clearances and hence the developers can start production without delay.  Provision of related Services Services like secure financing and weather monitoring could be provided in large scale parks. 5.5. ENE...

pratiyogita darpan hindi magazine subscription pratiyogita darpan hindi magazine subscription  Published this article page no     112 NH 44    Indias longest highway from Srinagar to Kanyakumari    cuts through wildlife corridors connecting Kanha Satpura Pench Bandhavgarh Panna tiger reserves and at least four other protected areas.    NH 6    Indias second longest highway from Surat to Kolkata    passes through corridors around Melghat Bor Nagzira Simlipal tiger reserves and seven other national parks and sanctuaries.    IUCN status of tiger Endangered Pakke or Pakhui Tiger Reserve    It is bounded by Bhareli or Kameng River in the west and north and by Pakke River in the east.    The habitat types are lowland semievergreen evergreen forest and Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests.    Notable fauna Bengal tiger Indian leopard clouded leopard hornbill Asiatic jackal barking deer ...

pratiyogita darpan hindi magazine subscription pratiyogita darpan hindi magazine subscription  Published this article page no     111 ULTRA MEGA RENEWABLE ENERGY PARKS Why in News? The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) aims to set up Ultra Mega Renewable Energy (RE) Parks with a capacity of a total of 50 GW in Gujarat and Rajasthan. More on News    The initiative could be the one of the largest renewable energy investment programmes in the world.    Khavada in Gujarat and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan have been identified for RE parks of 25000 megawatt (25GW) each.    Land would be made available for setting up solar wind and wind hybrid plants and the proposed parks would have received necessary clearances of the respective state governments and the Ministry of Defence.    Ministry of Power has also been requested to strengthen transmission to these locations within 24 months for evacuation of power from these parks. About ...

pratiyogita darpan english pratiyogita darpan english    Published this article page no  82 Rising Sea Level  The ice loss in the Arctic is a major contributor to global sealevel rise6 and it can have a significant impact on India especially over its 1300 island territories and maritime features  Himalayas  The Arctic and the Himalayas though geographically distant are interconnected and share similar concerns. The Arctic meltdown is helping the scientific community to better understand the glacial melt in the Himalayas which has often been referred to as the third pole and has the largest freshwater reserves after the North and South poles  The study of Arctic is therefore critical to Indian scientists. (B) Economic and Human Resources  Mineral Resources and Hydrocarbons  Arctic region has rich deposits of coal gypsum and diamonds and also substantial reserves of zinc lead placer gold and quartz.10 Greenland alone possesses about a quarter o...

grihalakshmi magazine grihalakshmi magazine   Published this article page no     75 2. By 2050 greenhouse gas emissions associated with plastic production use and disposal would account for 15 percent of allowed emissions under the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C (34.7°F). 3. More than 800 marine and coastal species are affected by this pollution through ingestion entanglement and other dangers. 4. Some 11 million tonnes of plastic waste flow annually into the oceans. This may triple by 2040. A shift to a circular economy can reduce the volume of plastics entering oceans by over 80 per cent by 2040 reduce virgin plastic production by 55 per cent save governments US$70 billion by 2040 reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent and create 700000 additional jobs – mainly in the global south. Outcomes of the meet on ending plastic pollution     The worlds ministers for the environment agreed to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) ...

grihalakshmi magazine grihalakshmi magazine   Published this article page no  74 These reports also form the basis for international climate change negotiations that decide on the responses at the global level. It is these negotiations that have produced the Paris Agreement and previously the Kyoto Protocol. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)  It is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations responsible for advancing knowledge on humaninduced climate change.  It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  Headquarter Geneva Switzerland.  Function To provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change its impacts and future risks and options for adaptation and mitigation. WetBulb Temperatures is a measure that combines heat and humidity. A wetbulb temperature of 31 degrees Celsius is extremely dangerous for humans while a va...