The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released a notice regarding Measures to Reduce Methane Emissions. As per India’s third Biennial Update Report, India’s methane emissions in 2016 (excluding LULUCF) were 409 million tone CO2e of which, 73.96% was from Agriculture sector, 14.46% from Waste sector, 10.62% from Energy sector and 0.96% was…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released a new notification regarding Coastal Regulation Zone under the Environment Protection Act 1986. Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011, for declaring certain coastal stretches as Coastal Regulation Zone wherein restrictions were imposed on the setting up and expansion of industries, operations and processes in the said…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released the notification on genset. The notification is applicable for all fuels and the power category slabs were revised to five from three. As per the general conditions of this notification, Genset engines and Gensets with the old standards can be supplied only till 30th June…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released a Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023. In the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 10, in the subrule (5), in the provision, for the figures “2023” occurring at both places, the figures “2024” shall respectively be…
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change has released draft notification declaring certain areas as Air Pollution Control areas under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) (Union Territories) Rules, 1983. Air pollution control areas declared in this draft notification are as follows Baratang Havelock (now known as Swaraj Deep) Little Andaman Long Island…