Swachh Bharat Award 2025 🧹 What Is the Swachh Bharat Award? The Swachh Bharat Award 2025 is part of the Swachh Survekshan, India’s biggest cleanliness survey. Run by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, it assesses how clean and healthy cities across India are. Every year, thousands of cities are evaluated on: Clean streets […]

Miyawaki Plantation & Urban Green Policy India’s cities are growing fast — but not always in the right direction. Urban areas face rising temperatures, worsening air pollution, and shrinking green spaces. In response, governments, environmental boards, and citizen groups are adopting a new mantra: green cities are livable cities. Two major approaches stand out: Urban […]

White Category Industries In a significant move toward simplifying environmental compliance and promoting ease of doing business, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has exempted White Category industries from the requirement of obtaining Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO). This change aligns with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s classification and the […]

Bridge Collapse  🔍 1. Why This Topic Matters Bridge collapses are becoming alarmingly frequent due to aging infrastructure, rapid urbanization, and extreme weather events. These incidents don’t just disrupt transportation—they damage ecosystems, pollute air and water, and pose serious threats to human life. Several regions across India have experienced major bridge failures in the last […]

SEIAA & MOEF&CC The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) recently issued an important clarification regarding the authority to amend, transfer, extend, split, or accept surrender of Environmental Clearances (ECs) and Terms of Reference (ToRs) granted earlier by the Ministry under the EIA Notification, 2006. This clarification impacts project proponents and environmental regulators […]