India sinks on Yale Environment Index

[Chandra Kishore]

Check the below article:

India fell to 125 out of 132 countries in the Yale Environmental Performance Index (EPI), despite making incremental improvements in many areas.  When I wrote about the EPI for Newsweek in 2008, India was ranked 120.

So what gives?  Indian environmental activists argue that the EPI is weighted too heavily to reflect progress (or lack of progress) in fighting climate change, which may explain why India dropped in the rankings. But India's performance is pretty bad in other areas, too, such as air pollution and water use.

In 2008, when I wrote my Newsweek piece, water and sanitation were India's worst performers:

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[GOPI KANTA GHOSH]

Are we a sinking Nation? In every department we sink. Sad

[Sanjeev Kumar Kanchan]

Thanks for sharing.

Somewhat similar exercise was done by MoEF, GOI called Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI). This methodology was used to identify critically polluted areas in India. 43 areas were identified by MoEF on which moratoria was put.  

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/measure-pollution

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/920

Regards