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    The document analyzes key environmental policies and initiatives in India over the past decade. It discusses issues related to forest protection, wildlife conservation, the Namami Gange program, river interlinking projects, and renewable energy development. It notes both achievements and ongoing challenges, such as delays in projects, lack of funding utilization, and failure to meet renewable energy targets.

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    The document analyzes key environmental policies and initiatives in India over the past decade. It discusses issues related to forest protection, wildlife conservation, the Namami Gange program, river interlinking projects, and renewable energy development. It notes both achievements and ongoing challenges, such as delays in projects, lack of funding utilization, and failure to meet renewable energy targets.

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    THE MODI DECADE - ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

    Bhuvan A Jha

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    FORESTS & THEIR PROTECTION

    ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

    NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAM

    RIVER INTERLINKING

    RENEWABLE ENERGY

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    FORESTS & THEIR PROTECTION

    - India State of Forest Report 2021


    (Biennial, Forest Survey of India)

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    FORESTS & THEIR PROTECTION

    - Activists say that remote sensing data does


    not tally with the figures cited in the government
    reports.

    - Also alleged that commercial plantations like


    coffee and rubber have been included in the
    category of forests.

    - Underutilisation of CAMPA Funds ( 2,900


    crore in 2009-’12 to around Rs 51,000 crore in
    2019-’22)

    - Forest Conservation Act 1980 proposed


    amendment

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    ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

    Between 2018 and 2022, the number of wildlife, forest, environment, and
    coastal zone clearances increased 21 times, from 577 to 12,496.

    Supreme Court the driver to entrench "environmental rule of law" into


    India's environmental governance.

    ESG Framework formalised through Business Responsibility &


    Sustainability Report.

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    ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

    Fast-paced clearances reduce the time for discussions on the


    environmental impacts of projects and thereby lower environmental
    safeguards.

    India has been a bystander as the ESG (environmental, social and


    governance) revolution swept through advanced economies and global
    investment practices.

    In March 2020, a draft Environment Impact Assessment notification


    came under widespread criticism for allowing projects to operate without
    prior environmental clearances and for diluting safeguards.

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    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

    - Project Tiger completes 50 years, India’s conservation efforts a global example.

    - The Return of the Cheetahs!

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    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

    - Criticism of the Cheetah Reintroduction


    Project

    - Increased human-animal conflict

    - Lack of recognition for Forest Guards

    - Invasive Species

    - Development vs Conservation debate

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    NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAM

    - Outlay of Rs 20,000 crore to clean and


    rejuvenate the Ganga river.

    - 193 sewerage infrastructure projects have


    been taken up with a cost of over 30
    thousand crore rupees.

    - 254 projects out of 442 completed, focus of


    policy on creation of sewage infrastructure
    for untreated domestic and industrial
    wastewater

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    NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAM

    - Significant Delays in Projects +


    Underutilization of funds by certain states

    - Limited impact: 71% of the monitoring


    stations on the river reported alarming levels
    of faecal coliform

    - Open Defecation Free Villages- Sludge


    Management Absent

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    RIVER INTERLINKING

    - Temporal + Spatial Distribution of water

    - Ken-Betwa Link Project in Madhya Pradesh


    is the 1st project

    - Commercial importance - Inland waterways

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    RIVER INTERLINKING

    - Ken-Betwa Link Project may submerge


    9,000 hectares of land, including the tiger
    and vulture habitat of Panna Tiger Reserve

    - Distortion in the existing environment due


    to construction of canals and reservoirs

    - What happens when Rivers change their


    course?

    - Displacement of communities including


    PVTGs

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    RENEWABLE ENERGY

    - International Solar Alliance between 97


    tropical countries with the aim of building a
    transnational electricity grid to supply solar
    power to 140 countries.

    - India’s updated NDC target to reduce


    emissions intensity of its GDP has been
    enhanced to 45 percent by 2030

    - India’s commitment to Renewables serious

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    RENEWABLE ENERGY

    - International Solar Alliance - only India and


    France have made financial contributions to the
    alliance.

    - Under Paris Climate Agreement, India fell


    short of renewables target : achieving 119
    GW/ 175GW by Nov 2022.

    - Climate Action Tracker (independent


    research group) rates Indian efforts as ‘Highly
    Insufficient’.

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