by Aanchal Pruthi | Oct 19, 2018 | Home, Pollution
The Environment Protection Act,1986 is a piece of legislation established by an Act of Parliament of India. It came into the picture after the Bhopal Tragedy. The Government of India constituted the Environment Protection Act of 1986 under Article 253 of the Indian...
by Aanchal Pruthi | Aug 28, 2018 | Food, Home, News, Pollution, Sustainability, Tech
Introduction Brazil, being the second largest producer of Ethanol and a pioneer to successfully introduce this into vehicles is the best example to highlight the efforts undertaken by the government to decarbonise the transport sector using ethanol as fuel. Cane...
by Aanchal Pruthi | Jul 17, 2018 | E Mobility, Home, News, Pollution, Sustainability, Tech
The National Policy on Biofuels had set an indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol by 2017. The policy was put in place in an attempt to lower down GHG emissions and boost domestic ethanol production in the country. But India was unable to meet this...
by Aanchal Pruthi | Jun 18, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, News, Pollution
Dust Storms hit Delhi. In fact, the whole of North India has been hit by severe dust storms over the past week. Dust Storms have caused the deaths of about 125 people and has injured several others. It particularly hit the national capital Delhi and adjoining areas,...
by Aanchal Pruthi | May 25, 2018 | E Mobility, Home, Sustainability
Development is the expansion of people’s capabilities (Sen, 1999). Sen highlights in his book “Development as Freedom,1999” that development is not measured in terms of the economic growth of a country but instead measured in terms of the increase in the capabilities...