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Environmental Performance Index (Measures (Coal power plants (env…
Environmental Performance Index
Why in News?
India ranks 177/180
drop = need to
relook env policy
Top rank
Switzerland
About
Yale and columbia universities
World Economic Forum
ranks 180 countries
24 performance indicators
10 categories
Environmental health
Ecosystem validity
India's status
India
bottom 5
major factors for the drop
Poor env health policy
Pollution deaths
Pollutions from
solid fuels
coal
crop residue burning
motor vehicles emissions
Poor air quality due to
Population growth
Industrial production
Automotive transportation
Concerns
Health
Poor air quality = Leading health threat
past decade
High PM 2.5 rise
1.4 million premature deaths
Economy
health impacts
8% of GDP
cost of labour productivity
1.8% of GDP
impacts poor
standard of living
Measures
Coal power plants
env standards
BS VI from 2020
Electric vehicles
by 2030
National solar mission
revision
Encouraging
Renewable energy transition
soalr capacity target
100 GW by 2022
Clean Ganga
Challenges
implementation
delays
no proper utilization of fund
Only focus- solar
relaxation of env targets