CSE · GS-3Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q15Environment · Environment & Pollution · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
Environmental Impact Assessment studies are increasingly undertaken before a project is cleared by the Government. Discuss the environmental impacts of coal-fired thermal plants located at coal pitheads.
हिन्दी
सरकार द्वारा किसी परियोजना को अनुमति देने से पूर्व, अधिकाधिक पर्यावरणीय प्रभाव आकलन अध्ययन किए जा रहे हैं। कोयला गर्त-शिखरों (पिटहेड्स) पर अवस्थित कोयला-अग्नित तापीय संयंत्रों के पर्यावरणीय प्रभावों पर चर्चा कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Environment · Environment & Pollution
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
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