CSE · GS-3Official PYQ · CSE 2016 · Q14Environment · Environment & Pollution · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
Rehabilitation of human settlements is one of the important environmental impacts which always attracts controversy while planning major projects. Discuss the measures suggested for mitigation of this impact while proposing major developmental projects.
हिन्दी
बड़ी परियोजनाओं के नियोजन के समय मानव बस्तियों का पुनर्वास एक महत्त्वपूर्ण पारिस्थितिक संघात है, जिस पर सदैव विवाद होता है। विकास की बड़ी परियोजनाओं के प्रस्ताव के समय इस संघात को कम करने के लिए सुझाए गए उपायों पर चर्चा कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Environment · Environment & Pollution
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
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