Environment & Ecology Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 29 Jan 2025

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 29 January 2025 raised the administered ex-mill price of C-heavy molasses ethanol for public sector OMCs to ₹57.97 per litre from ₹56.58 for Ethanol Supply Year 2024-25.
• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP invoked Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan across the entire NCR on 29 January 2025 after Delhi's average AQI reached 365.

Fri, 24 Jan 2025

• Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Udaipur (Rajasthan) were among 31 newly accredited Wetland Cities announced by the Ramsar Convention on 24 January 2025, becoming the first Indian cities on the list.

Thu, 23 Jan 2025

• The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, was selected on 23 January 2025 for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2025 in the institutional category.
• The Ministry of Mines on 23 January 2025 decided to annul the auction of the Nayakkarpatti tungsten mineral block in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, which includes the Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage Site.

Mon, 20 Jan 2025

• The foundation stone of a Model Resilient Village was laid on 20 January 2025 at Sil/Sunani in Bawasni Gram Panchayat, Baddi, Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, an area hit by a cloudburst-induced landslide in August 2023.

Sun, 19 Jan 2025

• The National Disaster Response Force marked its 20th Raising Day at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, on 19 January 2025, where Home Minister Amit Shah launched projects worth about ₹220 crore including the NIDM South Campus.

Fri, 17 Jan 2025

• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan across the NCR on 17 January 2025 after Delhi's average AQI improved to 289.

Thu, 16 Jan 2025

• A two-day MoEFCC stakeholder workshop on 'Financing India's Green Transition Plan and Adaptation Needs' began in Kolkata on 16 January 2025 under the Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme.

Tue, 14 Jan 2025

• Mission focuses on next-generation radars and satellites, high-resolution observations and high-performance computing.

Mon, 13 Jan 2025

• Record 28.64 GW added in 2024; solar at 97.86 GW and wind at 48.16 GW.

Sun, 12 Jan 2025

• Delhi's AQI at 278 at 4 pm, 72 points below the Stage-III mark of 350; Stages I and II stay in force.

Fri, 10 Jan 2025

• Announcement made at an IMD 150th anniversary event in Jammu; Srinagar centre recognised by WMO as a Centennial Centre.
• The platform aims to strengthen India's solar, wind, hydrogen and battery storage value chains.

Thu, 09 Jan 2025

• Delhi's AQI rose from 297 on 8 January to 357 at 4 pm on 9 January amid calm winds and fog.
• NALSAR will assess trainees for AWBI's Honorary Animal Welfare Representative certification.

Sun, 05 Jan 2025

• Stages I and II of the revised GRAP stay in force; Stage-III had been in place since 3 January 2025.

Thu, 02 Jan 2025

• The aid follows the magnitude 7.4 earthquake near Vanuatu's coast on 17 December 2024.

Wed, 01 Jan 2025

• Townships will come up on 58.50 hectares of Elstone Estate and 48.96 hectares of Nedumpala Estate.

Tue, 31 Dec 2024

• Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil released the Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment Report 2024 on 31 December 2024.
• Projects worth ₹272 crore in Uttar Pradesh, ₹257 crore in Bihar and ₹8 crore in West Bengal were approved.
• The CGWB report, released on 31 December 2024, covers more than 15,200 monitoring locations.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management reviewed Delhi's 2024 air quality on 31 December 2024.

Mon, 30 Dec 2024

• India's BUR-4, submitted to the UNFCCC on 30 December 2024, contains the national GHG inventory for 2020.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave the direction while reviewing 100-day plans at Sahyadri Guest House, Mumbai, on 30 December 2024.

Fri, 27 Dec 2024

• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-III of the revised Graded Response Action Plan across the NCR on 27 December 2024 after Delhi's average AQI improved to 334 at 7 PM.

Tue, 24 Dec 2024

• The Ministry of Mines on 24 December 2024 asked the Geological Survey of India to explore redefining the Nayakkarpatti tungsten block to exclude a biodiversity heritage site.

Sat, 21 Dec 2024

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released ISFR 2023, the 18th biennial report of the Forest Survey of India, at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, on 21 December 2024.
• The Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, received two new facilities on 21 December 2024, building on the Pashmina Certification Centre opened a year earlier.

Thu, 19 Dec 2024

• The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $42 million loan on 19 December 2024 for coastal and riverbank protection in Maharashtra.