13/12/2012
Question asked in LOK SABHA on 13/12/2012 by NARAHARI MAHATO
Relevant to WATER RESOURCE
Subject: FERTILIZER CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER
Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES be pleased to state:-
(a) whether according to some surveys, fertilizers used for agriculture are polluting groundwater to a large extent;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Union Government is formulating any scheme to check the groundwater from being polluted by fertilizers; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
Answered by HARISH RAWAT
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Question asked in LOK SABHA on 13/12/2012 by DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI
Relevant to WATER RESOURCE
Subject: CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER
Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES be pleased to state:-
(a) whether as per recent study conducted by Central Ground Water Board from all over Maharashtra a moderately high percentage of the ground water is not fit for drinking as well as for irrigation;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has undertaken any projects to clean/filter the polluted ground water in Maharashtra during the last three years so as to provide drinking water;
(d) if so, the details thereof including the funds earmarked for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year; and
(e) the other corrective measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?
Answered by HARISH RAWAT
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10/12/2012
Question asked in LOK SABHA on 10/12/2012 by S. ALAGIRI
Relevant to ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
Subject: CHECK ON QUANTUM OF E-WASTE
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the loading of e-waste has increasing trends in the ports areas of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof during eachof the last three years and the current year, port-wise;
(c) the manner in which load of e-waste is likely to be solved in future in the situation of increasing trends of e-waste;and
(d) the reaction of the Governmentthereto and the remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard?
Answered by JAYANTHI NATARAJAN
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Question asked in LOK SABHA on 10/12/2012 by P. T. THOMAS
Relevant to ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
Subject: POLLUTION OF RIVERS
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS be pleased to stat
(a) whether the Government has taken note of the increasing pollution of rivers in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
(c) whether the Government has any plan to clean rivers with Public Participation;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government has sought assistance from the World Bank/International Agency for cleaning of rivers; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
Answered by JAYANTHI NATARAJAN
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Question asked in LOK SABHA on 10/12/2012 by MANGANI LAL MANDAL
Relevant to ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
Subject: BAN ON USE OF POLYTHENE BAGS
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS be pleased to state:-
(a) the details of the policy of the Ministry in regard to putting a ban on the use of plastic carry bags in the country;
(b) whether plastic carry bags remain in use despite the imposition of a ban;
(c) if so, whether any monitoring of the same is undertaken at the ministerial level;
(d) if so, the details and the type of monitoring undertaken in this regard;
(e) whether the Ministry has any proposal to implement a uniform law across the country with regard to a ban on the plastic carry bags;
(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(g) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
Answered by JAYANTHI NATARAJAN
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