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Pollution regulator threatens to shut 14 thermal plants over emission norms The pollution watchdog has asked thermal stations in six states to respond within 15 days why these plants should not be closed down Current Affairs :Taking a severe perspective on warm force stations’ inability to satisfy outflow guidelines, the Central Pollution Control Board (CBCB) has given admonitions to 14 plants across six conditions of the nation. In a notification dated January 31, a day prior to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman implied in her Budget 2020 discourse that coal-terminated force stations neglecting to fulfill guidelines may be closed down, the contamination guard dog has solicited the administrators from these 14 warm stations to react inside 15 days why they ought not be shut down. In her Budget discourse on February 1, Sitharaman had said in Parliament: “For the warm force plants which are old and whose carbon emanation levels are high, we suggest that utilities running...

A unique system employed in Gujarat has reduced pollution. Here’s how The Emissions Trading System (ETS) launched in July 2019 by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is billed as the first such scheme, not just in India but the world, for particulate pollution Current Affairs :A one of a kind outflows exchanging framework being steered in Surat, Gujarat, has accomplished a 29 percent drop in fatal particulate contamination created by modern plants while cutting costs, the principal assessment of the plan has found. The Emissions Trading System (ETS) propelled in July 2019 by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is charged as the main such plan, in India as well as the world, for particulate contamination. One hundred and fifty-eight plants in the mechanical center have pursued this “top and exchange” plot. Mechanical bunches are set a breaking point on how much particulate contamination they can all things considered discharge; they can then either introduce...