National Conference on “Sustainable and Environment-friendly Industrial Production”

National Conference on

Question: What was the aim of 2nd National Conference on “Sustainable and Environment-friendly Industrial Production”?
(a) To work directly with the companies on environment friendly production and waste water management
(b) To provide food and shelter to the poor communities
(c) To provide the employments to the skilled labours
(d) All of the above
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • Under Indo-German Development Cooperation, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on 15th February, 2019, at Hyatt Hotel, New Delhi, organized 2nd National Conference on Sustainable and Environment-friendly Industrial Production (SEIP) Project.
  • It is a joint programme of Ministry & GIZ -The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH or GIZ in short is a German Development Agency.
  • The project worked directly with companies and advised them on environment friendly production and wastewater management in 5 industrial areas in three states (Delhi, Uttarakhand and Gujarat).
  • There were 70 participants included representatives from 18 State Pollution Control Boards and 8 State Industrial Departments including representation from J&K, Tripura, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, etc.
  • Some major interventions from this project which were discussed over the day included topics such as –
  • Resource efficiency and cleaner production in industries
  • voluntary action by industries and industrial associations
  • skills development
  • Sustainability standards for industrial areas, etc.

Link:

http://www.pib.nic.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1564784