ENVIS Hub Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
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The Economic Division implements the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Scheme. The ENVIS serves as a single-stop web-enabled repository of comprehensive environmental information with collection, collation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of the same through a nationwide network of ENVIS Hubs (hosted by the Environment/ Forest Department of State Governments/ UT Administrations) and ENVIS Resource Partners (RPs) (hosted by environment related governmental and non-governmental organizations/institutes of professional excellence).
Project Details
Brief Background
The Economic Division implements the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Scheme. The ENVIS serves as a single-stop web-enabled repository of comprehensive environmental information with collection collation storage retrieval and dissemination of the same through a nationwide network of ENVIS Hubs (hosted by the Environment/ Forest Department of State Governments/ UT Administrations) and ENVIS Resource Partners (RPs) (hosted by environment related governmental and non-governmental organizations/institutes of professional excellence).
Objective
To strengthen ENVIS in disseminating information pertaining to environment and sustainable development ENVIS India is in the process of establishing 67 ENVIS Hubs/RPs across the country set up for providing scientific technical and semi-technical information on various environmental issues. Following areas of work related to the revamped ENVIS Scheme are being implemented at present
Benefits
acid rain - the precipitation of dilute solutions of strong mineral acids formed by the mixing in the atmosphere of various industrial pollutants -- primarily sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides -- with naturally occurring oxygen and water vapor. aerosols - a suspension of small liquid or solid particles in gas. air pollution - toxic or radioactive gases or particulate matter introduced into the atmosphere usually as a result of human activity.
