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7 results for “environment”

Governance
Environmental governance in India: EIA, the NGT, CAMPA and forest clearances
The EIA regime and its July 2026 restructuring, the National Green Tribunal’s jurisdiction and landmark orders, CAMPA’s unspent thousands of crores, and the 2023 Forest Conservation amendment.
30 September 2026 · 18 min read
GS-4
Applied ethics case studies: worked answers for technology and environment dilemmas
Six worked applied-ethics case studies for GS-4: AI surveillance, GM crops, misinformation, clinical-trial ethics, industrial pollution and environmental clearance, each with stakeholders, options analysis and a committed course of action.
30 September 2026 · 40 min read
Essay
Environment and Sustainability: The Essay Content Bank
Climate change, COP30, coral bleaching, wildfires, the water crisis and Gandhian Swachhta: the complete environment content bank for the UPSC essay paper, with definitions, data anchors, tensions and quotable lines.
29 September 2026 · 22 min read
Environment
Before the First Brick: EIA and PARIVESH
EIA is India's gatekeeper between development projects and the environment. This article explains the EIA process, the 2006 Notification, the PARIVESH portal, and the reforms reshaping green clearances.
28 September 2026 · 49 min read
Environment
The Web of Life: Ecology and Ecosystem Functions
From food webs and the ten per cent law to Green GDP, Gross Environment Product and nature-based solutions: the complete ecological foundation for GS-3.
28 September 2026 · 78 min read
Indian Society
From Chipko to Hashtags: The New Grammar of Social Movements
From Chipko's tree-huggers to the Lokpal crowds to #MeToo India: how Indian social movements reinvented themselves after 1980, environmental, feminist, anti-corruption, and digital-age waves, with their critiques.
27 September 2026 · 36 min read
GS-4
Applied ethics: environment, bioethics and emerging technology
Environmental ethics, bioethics and the ethics of AI, data and biotechnology: principles, dilemmas and administrative applications, from the precautionary principle to human-centric AI.
27 September 2026 · 52 min read