There is an urgent need to create a new and dedicated fund to help developing countries successfully implement a post-2020 global framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, India has said at the U.N. biodiversity conference in Canada’s Montreal. It has also said that conservation of biodiversity must also be based on ‘Common but Differentiated … Read more
A numerical global target for pesticide reduction in the agriculture sector is unnecessary and must be left for countries to decide, India has said at the U.N. biodiversity conference here in Canada. Speaking during a high-level segment of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Union Environment Minister Bhupender … Read more
Bhupender Yadav, minister environment of India, speaks at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit | Photo Credit: PTI India on Sunday called as historic the U.N. climate summit in Egypt for securing an agreement on establishing a fund to address loss and damage due to climate change-induced disasters, saying “the world has waited far too long for this”. Making an intervention … Read more
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav stressed that the global pace of climate mitigation is not enough to contain the rate of climate change Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav stressed that the global pace of climate mitigation is not enough to contain the rate of climate change With climate finance still scarce, climate adaptation in the … Read more
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday said efforts to improve air quality have shown positive trends in cities across the country and participative governance holds the key to achieving what India aspires. Addressing the ‘Sensitization cum Review Workshop – National Clean Air Programme’ (NCAP) in Chennai, he said it was time to make ‘clean … Read more
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday said ambitious implementation of climate actions by developing countries is contingent on the adequate delivery of climate finance, technology transfer, and other support. Participating in the BRICS high-level meeting on climate change, the minister highlighted the relevance of the forum to jointly address climate change, to explore approaches … Read more
The National Clean Air Programme, launched in 2019, is being implemented in targeted 132 cities, non-conforming to national ambient air quality standards consecutively for five years. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday said the government is committed to ensure clean air and healthy life to all residents of the country, and emphasised that fighting … Read more
The Congress did not give reservation to the OBCs for almost 40 years and it was finally granted by a government supported by the BJP, Union minister Bhupender Yadav said in Parliament on Tuesday. Speaking in the Lok Sabha on the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, he said the Kaka Kalelkar Commission had suggested reservation for … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to entrust Dharmendra Pradhan, Mansukh Mandaviya and Bhupender Yadav — all three considered confidants of the BJP top brass –with key portfolios of education, health and labour is aimed at bolstering his government’s social development agenda and ensuring effective delivery of policy benefits to the ground level, sources said on … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dialled Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Tuesday to express “serious anguish and concern” over the law and order situation in the state, a day after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sought a status report from the West Bengal government after reports said at least 11 people were killed in post … Read more