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Green Schools Gujarat - Towards Environmental Awareness and Sustainability

Case Study of the Day: Green Schools Gujarat – Towards Environmental Awareness and Sustainability

Background: The Government of Gujarat has initiated Green & Sustainable School Programme in 2013, to help meet the objectives of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). About Green Schools in Gujarat Green & Sustainable School Programme focuses on sustainable development, along with maintaining Green in the context of ecological balance through active participation of students, teachers and …

Report on Methane Emission

Report on Methane Emission

Context: According to a recent report, the fossil fuel firms have failed to curb methane emissions, despite their pledges to find and fix leaking infrastructure. Global Methane Tracker 2023 Report  This Report has been released by the International Energy Agency. The IEA produces and publishes country-level estimates for energy-related methane emissions and abatement options as …

Kisan Sabha Movement

Kisan Sabha Movement, History, Causes, Objective, Sahajanand Saraswati and Outcomes

Kisan Sabha Movement The Kisan Sabha Movement was a peasant uprising that took place in the former United Provinces’ Awadh area (U.P). The poor living circumstances of the U.P. peasants brought on by the policies of the British Government and the Awadh Taluqdars were the primary cause of this movement. After the political transfer of …

Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Ahmedabad Mill Strike 1918 Incidence, History, Reason

Ahmedabad Mill Strike The Ahmedabad Mill Strike is regarded as Mahatma Gandhi’s first starvation strike. The textile mill employees in Ahmedabad went on strike in 1918 to demand economic justice after the mill owners stopped giving out plague bonuses. Gandhi stepped in to mediate this conflict between millowners and employees in Ahmedabad. He started a …