Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nuclear Power Plants, 24/02/2016. The installed nuclear power capacity in the country comprises twenty one reactors with a total capacity of 5780 MW. The plant wise details are given in Annexure.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Management of Sewage, 24/02/2016. The quantum of sewage generated from Class - I Cities and Class - II Towns is 38254.82 million litres per day (MLD) out of which only 11787.38 MLD (31%) is being treated and the remaining 26467.44 MLD is disposed into the water bodies without any treatment. The city wise details at Annexure-I. The various technologies being used in sewage treatment plants are Activated Sludge Process (ASP), Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR), Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR), Oxidation, Anaerobic Digesters etc.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal Mining, 24/02/2016. In exercise of the power conferred by section 23C of Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh has published the Uttar Pradesh Mineral( Prevention of Illegal Mining), Transportation and Storage Rules, 2002. In addition, Uttar Pradesh Govt. vide Order No-5360/77-5-2005-371/05 dated 10.11.2005 has constituted a task force under the chairmanship of District Magistrate to check and curb illegal mining and illegal transportation in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drinking Water, 24/02/2016. Assistance to the states including Karnataka and Rajasthan for improving the facilities for drinking water is being provided under the Schemes Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), SMART CITIES, North Eastern Region Urban Development Programme (NERUDP), and 10% Lumpsum scheme.

As Delhi's odd-even scheme prepares to make a comeback in April 2016, India Environment Poratl takes a look at what modes of transport, if any, India uses to get to work.

China installed half of all new wind capacity worldwide last year, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The country added an “astonishing” 30.5 gigawatts (GW) to boost installations to 145.1GW. It overtook the EU total for the first time, which added a record 6GW to increase its capacity to 141.6GW. China is ramping up renewable energy in a bid to limit smog-causing pollution from coal plants and act on climate change. Falling costs increasingly make the technology competitive with fossil fuels.

More than half of the children in 10 out of 15 states are still anaemic shows National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) for 2015-16 released by the Union Health Ministry today said. It also showed that more than half of women were anaemic in eleven states .

The continent’s population will continue to soar with the birth of almost two billion babies in the next 35 years and eventually reach 4.2 billion by 2100. An increasingly crowded Africa will have to invest in reproductive health and education to avert a disaster.

The environmental problems in Nepal are as diverse as its geography and climate. Priorities in addressing those problems in development planning have changed as new evidence emerged over time. The Government of Nepal has accorded high priority to environmental problems because they have profound impact on the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on ecosystem services. The government has formulated policies, strategies and programmes in each of its periodic plan to see that environmental problems are addressed.

The Central Water Commission is regularly documenting water resources and related data in its publications entitled "Water and Related Statistics". The present handbook namely, "Hand Book on Water & Related Information" gives details primarily on the progress of major and medium projects.