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SEP-14-ENV Subramanian panel WHAT THE PANEL RECOMMENDS • New umbrella law to subsume existing environment laws, the powers of pollution control boards
• National and state-level authority to appraise and monitor projects
• Fast-track clearance for power, mining and linear projects
• Self-certification of compliance by projects and random review
• Larger and more projects to be appraised at the state level
• Amendment to Forest Rights Act to dilute consent powers
• Administrative tribunal instead of judicial National Green Tribunal to review clearances on appeal
• District-level courts to decide on infringement of green laws
• Limited no-go forest areas where mining is banned
• Definition of 'forests' to be formulated to reduce litigation
• New environment service as part of All India Services cadre
• Companies to pay more for compensatory afforestation but not be involved beyond financing
• RAPS-5 : The fifth reactor of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station set a record with an uninterrupted run for 678 • GOT, the waste material after separating gold from the gangue of ore • Neera, or Sweet Toddy is a sap extracted from spathe of Coconut trees. • Salient Features of 19th Livestock Census: The total livestock population has decreased by about 3.33% over the previous census. • The deployment of IndARC, the country’s first underwater moored observatory in the Kongsfjorden fjord, half way between Norway and the North Pole • scientists at Indian Agricultural Research institute, New Delhi, developed a granular product called Pusa Hydrogel patented by the Institute: Water conserving techniques • Dried leaf powder of karpooravalli at rate of 20g/l of water makes water hyacinth dead within 5h • Hydropony or growing of plants in non-soil mediums • Compostable pots are an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic pots. • CarbonLite Pots’ made primarily from plant starches. • name of this new snake has been conferred as Lycodon Odishi.. he common name of the snake has been given as Subhendu’s Wolf Snake • bird Amur Falcons : Every October, huge numbers of Amur falcons arrive in Wokha district of Nagaland from Siberia en route to their final destination — Somalia, Kenya and South Africa • pacific remote islands marine national monument : Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, and Jarvis Island inc. in size and Howland and Baker islands, and Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll, will not change
PC
1. PC is:
a. Constitutional body b. Statutory Body
C. non constitutional and non statutory body d. None.
2. Who is the chairman of PC?
3. Who is the deputy chairman of PC?
4. Deputy-chairman can attend all cabinet meetings but do not have a right to vote. (T/F)
5. Composition of PC includes:
a. PM,
b. Deputy-chairman,
c. part time members (cabinet ministers),
d. full time expert members,
e. ex-officio (finance and planning minister),
f. Member secretary
6. Whether states are given any kind of representation in PC. (Y/N)
NDC 1. NDC is: a. Constitutional body b. Statutory Body C. non constitutional and non statutory body d. None. 2. Composition of NDC: a. PM as Head b. All cabinet ministers c. All CMs of states d. all lt. gov. of UTs e. Members of PC f. secretary of PC acts as secretary to NDC 3. Five yr plan life cycle: PC prepares the plan Union cabinet approves placed before NDC Plan is presented to parliament.
NHRC 1. NHRC is: b. Constitutional body b. Statutory Body C. non constitutional and non statutory body d. None. 2. Composition of NHRC includes: a. Chairman and 4 members and also 4 ex-officio members 3. Who can be a chairman of NHRC? 4. Who can be among the 4 permanent members of NHRC? 5. who can be among the 4 ex officio members of NHRC? 6. Who appoints the chairman of NHRC? 7. what constitutes the recommendation committee for recommendation of chairman and members of NHRC? 8. What is the term of chairman and members of NHRC? 9. Whether chairman and other members are eligible for further employment? 10. Where is the HQ of NHRC? 11. Can inquire the cases only before the expiry of 1 year? (T/F) 12. Decisions are only recommendatory in nature? (T/F) 13.SHRC can inquire into matters related to subjects mentioned in: A. Centre list B. State list C. Con-current list D. All 14. Composition of SHRC includes: Chairman and two members : 15. Who can be the chairman of SHRC? 16. Who can be among two permanent members of SHRC? 17. Who appoints Chairman and members of SHRC? 18. what constitutes the recommendation committee for recommendation of chairman and members of SHRC?