what are the various step taken by modi to protect environment
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National Air Quality Index
Prime minister Narendra Modi launched India's first National Air Quality Index in April, 2015. IIT Kanpur houses the main server of NAQI which will monitor air quality in 10 cities.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Although this scheme was implemented to provide LPG to the rural and poor areas, this is also a significant step to reduce pollution. LPG gas is a much better option than the other conservative methods used.
Anumita Roychowdhury, the head of the air pollution and clean transportation programme at CSE says
The clean fuel option, if extended effectively, will significantly reduce indoor and outdoor air pollution in rural areas and improve the health of women folk.
Industrial pollution
The NDA government has taken significant measures to improve pollution standards and monitoring of various industrial sectors, the press release says.
The standards for coal-based thermal power plants have been made stringent. The standard on coal-based power sector has been revised after a decade and will have significant improvements in the country’s environment quality.
Importance for Forests
To incentivise states to conserve forests, the 14th Finance Commission has recommended inclusion of forest cover as one of the five parameters for determining a state’s share of the Union tax revenue. Forests have been assigned a weight of 7.5 per cent.
Waste management
Realising the relationship between waste management and manufacturing, the Central government introduced the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016. It also revised existing waste management rules with a focus on ensuring compliance through incentivisation mechanisms and penalise non-complince.
Various Steps which are taken by Narendra Modi:-
1. He had given gas and cylinder for cooking to maintain the pollution.
2. He had give job to the poor mens and womens for cleaning the cities all over India.
3. He helped the villagers on making their own toilets to maintain the levels of death which were causing by disease.