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    ISFR, 2017:  KEY FINDINGS Forest and Tree Cover of the country has increased by 8,021 sq km (1 %) as compared to assessment of 2015. The very dense forest has increased by 1.36 % as compared to last assessment. This is very heartening as VDF absorbs maximum carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The increasing trend of forest and tree cover is largely due to the various national policies aimed at conservation and sustainable management of our forests like Green India Mission, National Agro-Forestry policy (NAP), REDD plus policy, Joint Forest Management (JFM), National Afforestation Programme and funds under Compensatory Afforestation to States. Successful agro-forestry practices, better conservation of forests, improvement of scrub areas to forest areas, increase in mangrove cover, conservation and protection activities have also led to increase in the forest and tree cover. Green Highways (Plantations & Maintenance) Policy to develop 1,40,000 km ...

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What is UN-WWAP? The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is a flagship programme of UN-WATER and was founded in 2000 . Its genesis can be traced in the Sixth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development in 1998.  WWAP is hosted and led by UNESCO . The WWAP coordinates the work of 31 UN-Water members and partners in production of the UN World Water Development Report (UN-WWDR). The World Water Development Report (WWDR) is an annual review providing an authoritative picture of the state, use and management of the world’s freshwater resources and report the progress achieved in reaching the Millennium Development Goals related to water. In addition to coordinating this significant UN report, WWAP monitors freshwater issues in order to provide recommendations, develop case studies, enhance assessment capacity at a national level and inform the decision-making process. Mission statement of UN-WWAP This UN-WWAP wants to influence le...

What is 1 Gigaton Coalition?  1 Gigaton Coalition is an initiative launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from the Government of Norway.  It was launched on 10 December 2014 to promote the expansion of renewable energy and energy efficiency in climate change mitigation efforts. The 1 Gigaton Coalition aims to measure and report reductions of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives and programmes that are not accounted for in the Emissions Gap Report. These emissions are estimated to be 1 gigaton of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) by 2020. 1 Gigaton Coalition to do so by creating a methodology in their annual 1 Gigaton Coalition reports, which will highlight specific countries and programmes by applying this methodology. These emission reductions, however, are currently underreported in most countries. In order to achieve target reductions, the coalition identifies success storie...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 21-April, 2018 gave its approval for restructured Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).    Details of the Scheme : (i)  This scheme will extend to all States and UTs of the Country and will also include institutions of rural local government in non-Part IX areas, where Panchayats do not exist, (ii)  The scheme will have both    Central Component - National Level activities including "National Plan of Technical Assistance", "Mission Mode project on e-Panchayat", "Incentivization of Panchayats" and State component - Capacity Building of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), (iii)  The Central Component will be fully funded by the Government of India. However, Centre:State funding pattern for State Component will be 60:40 for all States, except North East and Hill States where Centre:State funding patte...

Who were the Aryans? ·          Aryans said to be originally resided in steppes field of Russia to Central Asia. ·          Aryans were mainly pastoral and agriculture was their secondary occupation. ·          Aryan Society was male dominated . ·          Horse was the main domesticated animal for the Aryans. ·          Before India, Aryan first appeared and lived in Central Asia and Iran, where the Indo Iranians lived for a long time. ·          Main reason behind success of Aryan in Indo-Europe is the chariots driven by Horse. ·          Chariots were introduced by Aryans for the first time in West Asia and India. ·          Probably the Aryan...