Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar

There has been a decline in availability of water due to an increase in human and cattle population, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday, emphasising on the need to save water.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today met the United States' Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, and the two leaders discussed a range of issues including climate finance, joint research and collaboration.

The government has not given permission to any new hydroelectric project in the Upper Ganges region in the last six years, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar told Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday released Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) report of 146 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the country, saying 70 per cent of global tiger population and over 60 per cent of leopard population in India is a certificate of its thriving biodiversity.

India is not responsible for the problem of climate change and is presently contributing only 6.8 per cent of global emissions, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday.

Stubble burning has stopped now but Delhi's air pollution situation remains serious, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday launched the "India Climate Change Knowledge Portal" through a virtual event where he said that India has practically achieved its pre-2020 climate action targets.

India will achieve its target of reducing 35 per cent emissions intensity of its GDP well before the year 2030, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

India has named two more wetlands of international importance-- Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar in Agra-- under the Ramsar Convention, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.

After Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's appeal to all states to leave politics aside and join hands to tackle the problem of pollution in Delhi, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said he has been telling the chief minister the same thing.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said crop residue can be "converted from a liability into an opportunity" within a year, provided there is political will and sharp timelines to move away from stubble burning.

The number of "bad air days" has reduced by 70 days since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government came to power, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today even as Delhi pollution is on a steady rise.

The contribution of stubble burning in Delhi's pollution crisis has risen to 19 per cent today, the Central Pollution Control Board said two days after Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said farm fires only add "4 per cent pollution" to the national capital region, starting a blame game.

Hitting back at Union Environment Minister's assertion that stubble burning only contributes 4 per cent to Delhi's air pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said staying in denial will not help.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today flagged off 50 inspection teams of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for field visits in Delhi-NCR to keep a watch on pollution hot spots during the winter season and urged the Punjab government to curb stubble burning.

There has been a decline in availability of water due to an increase in human and cattle population, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday, emphasising on the need to save water.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today met the United States' Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, and the two leaders discussed a range of issues including climate finance, joint research and collaboration.

The government has not given permission to any new hydroelectric project in the Upper Ganges region in the last six years, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar told Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday released Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) report of 146 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the country, saying 70 per cent of global tiger population and over 60 per cent of leopard population in India is a certificate of its thriving biodiversity.

India is not responsible for the problem of climate change and is presently contributing only 6.8 per cent of global emissions, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday.

Stubble burning has stopped now but Delhi's air pollution situation remains serious, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday launched the "India Climate Change Knowledge Portal" through a virtual event where he said that India has practically achieved its pre-2020 climate action targets.

India will achieve its target of reducing 35 per cent emissions intensity of its GDP well before the year 2030, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

India has named two more wetlands of international importance-- Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar in Agra-- under the Ramsar Convention, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.

After Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's appeal to all states to leave politics aside and join hands to tackle the problem of pollution in Delhi, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said he has been telling the chief minister the same thing.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said crop residue can be "converted from a liability into an opportunity" within a year, provided there is political will and sharp timelines to move away from stubble burning.

The number of "bad air days" has reduced by 70 days since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government came to power, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today even as Delhi pollution is on a steady rise.

The contribution of stubble burning in Delhi's pollution crisis has risen to 19 per cent today, the Central Pollution Control Board said two days after Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said farm fires only add "4 per cent pollution" to the national capital region, starting a blame game.

Hitting back at Union Environment Minister's assertion that stubble burning only contributes 4 per cent to Delhi's air pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said staying in denial will not help.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today flagged off 50 inspection teams of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for field visits in Delhi-NCR to keep a watch on pollution hot spots during the winter season and urged the Punjab government to curb stubble burning.