Lok Sabha Question No. 2905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Earth Day
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: ARJUN RAM  MEGHWAL

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2905 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, May 11, 2016

## Earth Day

## 2905. SHRI ARJUN MEGHWAL:

## Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a)
- (b)
- whether World Earth Day is celebrated every year;
- if so, the details and objectives thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take concrete steps to minimize carbon emission on Earth Day; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?
- (a)

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(Shri Y. S. Chowdary)

- Yes Madam. The Earth Day is celebrated on 22ndApril every year.
- (b) Earth Day is celebrated to create awareness  among  the  public regarding issue related to Environment & Conservation of Mother Earth. The details of celebration of Earth Day 2016 is placed at Annexure-I.
- (c-d)   On  the  Earth  day  on  22nd April  2016,  India  has  signed  the  Paris Agreement  on  Climate  Change.  The  Paris  Agreement  is  meant  to enhance the implementation of the Convention and aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change. In this regard, the Government  has  taken  various  measures  such  as  introduction  of cleaner technologies in thermal power generation, promoting renewable energy  generation,  energy  efficiency,  implementation  of  Green  India Mission,  programmes  related  to  afforestation  and  activities  aimed  at reducing vulnerability to climate change.

## State wise details of Earth Day 2016 celebrations

|   S. No | City/State      | Details of School & Proposed participation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1. Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. Sopore Disrtict Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir. 2. International public school, akhnour road paluura Jammu-180002, J&K                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|       2 | UP              | 1. Ursuline convent Sr. Secondary school, sector- 36, greater Noida, UP. 2. ShardaUniversity, knowledge park-III, gautambuddhanagar, Greater Noida, UP 3. Schools of Dist. Bijnor, UP 4. Delhi Public school sector-gamma-II, Greater Noida, UP 5. KastoorbaKanya Inter College, Lucknow, UP 6. Ilahi Bans Inter College, Sitapur, UP 7. Faizabad, UP 8. R.S. Convent Inter College, Shahjahanpur, UP 9. Gorakhpur, UP 10. Shahjahanpur, UP |
|       3 | West Bengal     | 1. Chanditala block and adjacent areas of Hoogly District, West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       4 | Karnataka       | 1. Auditorium , purnapramati school , girinagar, Bangalore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       5 | Assam           | 1. Guwahati, Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|       6 | New Delhi       | 1. Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, ChanakyaPuri, New Delhi 2. Fifty six KVs (Schools) in Delhi and NCR 3. G.S.VSchool, Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       7 | Haryana         | 1. Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-125001, Haryana 2. KanyaMahavidalaya, Sonepat, Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       8 | Uttarakhand     | 1. Stadium Pokhari, Chamoli, Uttarakhand 2. Govt.P.GCollegeTehri, Uttarakhand 3. Govt. Inter College Champawat, Uttarakhand 4. Regional Science Centre, Jhajra, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 5. Govt. inter college, pokhari, dist pauri garhwal. Garhwal devision, Uttarakhand 6. Govt. inter college munsyari, distt pithoragarh, kumaon devision, Uttarakhand                                                                                   |

|   9 | Tamil Nadu        | 1. Technology bhawan , nangainagar, suchhendrum, kanyakumari district -629704, Tamil Nadu 2. Centre for earth &atmospheric sciences, Sathyabama University, Jeppiarnagar, rajiv Gandhi road, Chennai-600119,Tamil Nadu. 3. Periyar University, Periyar Palkalai Nagar, Salem- 11, Tamilnadu   |
|-----|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  10 | Odisha            | 1. balsore school in balasore district in Odisha state 2. apartiucchaVidyalaya , Nairi, Khordha, Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|  11 | Rajasthan         | 1. CRDC, Village & Post Thalli Tehsil-Chaksu, Dist. Jaipur, Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|  12 | Jharkhand         | 1. Dumka, Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|  13 | Himachal          | 1. SVM Senior sec School, Distt, Bilaspur, HP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|  14 | Nagaland          | 1. Government Polytechnic, Kohima, Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|  15 | Sikkim            | 1. GreendaleSr.SecSchool, linding road, tadonggangtok, Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|  16 | Telangana         | 1. Two dist. of Telangana state.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|  17 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1. GoodShephardPublic School, Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |