CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has signed an MoU with the South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD) to create an academic platform to engage young students as well as develop a research and capacity building hub to support regional development in the eastern region.

Detailed explanation-2: -’Namami Gange Programme’, is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget outlay of Rs. 20, 000 Crore to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga.

Detailed explanation-3: -The UN listed the ‘Namami Gange’ project to clean up the Ganga river as one of the world’s ten “pioneering” initiatives that are successfully restoring the natural world.

Detailed explanation-4: -National Mission for Clean Ganga | NMCG. The Act envisages five tier structure at national, state and district level to take measures for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution in river Ganga and to ensure continuous adequate flow of water so as to rejuvenate the river Ganga as below; 1.