The National Green Tribunal, set up to deal with the expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection, was set up under the
- A.12th Five-Year Plan
- B.11th Five-Year Plan
- C.10th Five-Year Plan
- D.9th Five-Year Plan
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 11th Five-Year Plan. The National Green Tribunal was established in October 2010, and the 11th Plan ran from 2007 to 2012.
The tribunal was created by the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, which drew on Article 21's right to a healthy environment. It hears civil cases on environmental protection, forest conservation and natural resources, and is expected to decide appeals within six months. Its principal bench sits in New Delhi, with zonal benches at Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai. It applies the principles of sustainable development, precaution and polluter pays, and it is not bound by the Code of Civil Procedure. India became the third country, after Australia and New Zealand, to set up such a specialised environmental court.
A is wrong because the 12th Plan began only in 2012. C is wrong because the 10th Plan covered 2002 to 2007. D is wrong because the 9th Plan covered 1997 to 2002.
Exam tip: NGT Act 2010, principal bench New Delhi, falls in the 11th Plan (2007–12).
Practice Questions
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- A.It enjoys the same level of protection as the tiger.
- B.It no longer exists in the wild, a few individuals are under captive protection; and now it is impossible to prevent its extinction.
- C.It is endemic to a particular region of India.
- D.Both (b) and (c) stated above are correct in this context.
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- B.The UNEP Secretariat
- C.The UNFCCC Secretariat
- D.The World Meteorological Organization
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2. More than one-third of the world's coral reefs are located in the territories of Australia, Indonesia and Philippines.
3. Coral reefs host far more number of animal phyla than those hosted by tropical rainforests.
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- A.1 and 2 only
- B.3 only
- C.1 and 3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
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1. The Sustainable Development Goals were first proposed in 1972 by a global think tank called the 'Club of Rome'.
2. The Sustainable Development Goals have to be achieved by 2030.
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- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
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- B.The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio de Janeiro
- C.The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2015, Paris
- D.The World Sustainable Development Summit 2016, New Delhi
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