CSE · GS-3Official PYQ · CSE 2021 · Q7Environment · Environment & Pollution · 10 marks · 150 words
English
Describe the key points of the revised Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) recently released by the World Health Organisation (WHO). How are these different from its last update in 2005? What changes in India’s National Clean Air Programme are required to achieve these revised standards?
हिन्दी
विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन (डब्ल्यू.एच.ओ.) द्वारा हाल ही में जारी किए गए संशोधित वैश्विक वायु गुणवत्ता दिशानिर्देशों (ए.क्यू.जी.) के मुख्य बिन्दुओं का वर्णन कीजिए। विगत 2005 के अद्यतन से, ये किस प्रकार भिन्न हैं? इन संशोधित मानकों को प्राप्त करने के लिए, भारत के राष्ट्रीय स्वच्छ वायु कार्यक्रम में किन परिवर्तनों की आवश्यकता है?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2021 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Environment · Environment & Pollution
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
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