Earth Day

Ministry of Earth Science11-May, 2016 16:28 IST

Earth D

Ministry of Earth Science11-May, 2016 16:28 IST

Earth Day

The earth Day is celebrated on 22^ndApril every year to create awareness among the public regarding issue related to Environment & Conservation of Mother Earth. The details of celebration of Earth Day 2016 is placed at Annexure-I.

            On the Earth day this year India signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change . The Paris Agreement is meant to enhance the implementation of the Convention and aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change. In this regard, the Government has taken various measures such as introduction of cleaner technologies in thermal power generation, promoting renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, implementation of Green India Mission, programmes related to afforestation and activities aimed at reducing vulnerability to climate change.

Annexure – I

State wise details of Earth Day 2016 celebrations

S. No	City/State	Details of School & Proposed participation
1.	Jammu & Kashmir	1.   Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. Sopore Disrtict Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir. 2.   International public school, akhnour road paluura Jammu-180002, J&K
2.	UP	1.         Ursuline convent Sr. Secondary school, sector-36, greater Noida, UP. 2.         ShardaUniversity, knowledge park-III, gautambuddhanagar, Greater Noida, UP 3.         Schools of Dist. Bijnor, UP 4.         Delhi Public school sector-gamma-II, Greater Noida, UP 5.         KastoorbaKanya Inter College, Lucknow, UP 6.         Ilahi Bans Inter College, Sitapur, UP 7.         Faizabad, UP 8.         R.S. Convent Inter College,  Shahjahanpur, UP 9.         Gorakhpur, UP 10.     Shahjahanpur, UP
3.	West Bengal	1.         Chanditala block and adjacent areas of Hoogly District, West Bengal
4.	Karnataka	1.         Auditorium , purnapramati school , girinagar, Bangalore
5.	Assam	1.         Guwahati, Assam
6.	New Delhi	1.         Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, ChanakyaPuri, New Delhi 2.         Fifty six KVs (Schools) in Delhi and NCR 3.         G.S.VSchool, Delhi
7.	Haryana	1.         Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-125001, Haryana 2.         KanyaMahavidalaya, Sonepat, Haryana
8.	Uttarakhand	1.         Stadium Pokhari, Chamoli, Uttarakhand 2.         Govt.P.GCollegeTehri, Uttarakhand 3.         Govt. Inter College Champawat, Uttarakhand 4.         Regional Science Centre, Jhajra, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 5.         Govt. inter college, pokhari, dist pauri garhwal. Garhwal devision, Uttarakhand 6.         Govt. inter college munsyari, distt pithoragarh, kumaon devision, Uttarakhand
9	Tamil Nadu	1.         Technology bhawan , nangainagar, suchhendrum, kanyakumari district -629704, Tamil Nadu 2.         Centre for earth &atmospheric sciences, Sathyabama University, Jeppiarnagar, rajiv Gandhi road, Chennai-600119,Tamil Nadu. 3.         Periyar University, Periyar Palkalai Nagar, Salem-11, Tamilnadu
10.	Odisha	1.         balsore school in balasore district in Odisha state 2.         apartiucchaVidyalaya , Nairi, Khordha, Odisha
11	Rajasthan	1.         CRDC, Village & Post Thalli Tehsil-Chaksu, Dist. Jaipur, Rajasthan
12	Jharkhand	1.         Dumka, Jharkhand
13.	Himachal Pradesh	1.         SVM Senior sec School, Distt, Bilaspur, HP
14.	Nagaland	1.         Government Polytechnic, Kohima, Nagaland
15.	Sikkim	1.         GreendaleSr.SecSchool, linding road, tadonggangtok, Sikkim
16.	Telangana	1.         Two dist. of Telangana state.
17.	Arunachal Pradesh	1.         GoodShephardPublic School, Arunachal Pradesh

This was stated by the Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Y.S.Chowdary in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

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The earth Day is celebrated on 22^ndApril every year to create awareness among the public regarding issue related to Environment & Conservation of Mother Earth. The details of celebration of Earth Day 2016 is placed at Annexure-I.

            On the Earth day this year India signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change . The Paris Agreement is meant to enhance the implementation of the Convention and aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change. In this regard, the Government has taken various measures such as introduction of cleaner technologies in thermal power generation, promoting renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, implementation of Green India Mission, programmes related to afforestation and activities aimed at reducing vulnerability to climate change.

Annexure – I

State wise details of Earth Day 2016 celebrations

S. No	City/State	Details of School & Proposed participation
1.	Jammu & Kashmir	1.   Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. Sopore Disrtict Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir. 2.   International public school, akhnour road paluura Jammu-180002, J&K
2.	UP	1.         Ursuline convent Sr. Secondary school, sector-36, greater Noida, UP. 2.         ShardaUniversity, knowledge park-III, gautambuddhanagar, Greater Noida, UP 3.         Schools of Dist. Bijnor, UP 4.         Delhi Public school sector-gamma-II, Greater Noida, UP 5.         KastoorbaKanya Inter College, Lucknow, UP 6.         Ilahi Bans Inter College, Sitapur, UP 7.         Faizabad, UP 8.         R.S. Convent Inter College,  Shahjahanpur, UP 9.         Gorakhpur, UP 10.     Shahjahanpur, UP
3.	West Bengal	1.         Chanditala block and adjacent areas of Hoogly District, West Bengal
4.	Karnataka	1.         Auditorium , purnapramati school , girinagar, Bangalore
5.	Assam	1.         Guwahati, Assam
6.	New Delhi	1.         Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, ChanakyaPuri, New Delhi 2.         Fifty six KVs (Schools) in Delhi and NCR 3.         G.S.VSchool, Delhi
7.	Haryana	1.         Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-125001, Haryana 2.         KanyaMahavidalaya, Sonepat, Haryana
8.	Uttarakhand	1.         Stadium Pokhari, Chamoli, Uttarakhand 2.         Govt.P.GCollegeTehri, Uttarakhand 3.         Govt. Inter College Champawat, Uttarakhand 4.         Regional Science Centre, Jhajra, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 5.         Govt. inter college, pokhari, dist pauri garhwal. Garhwal devision, Uttarakhand 6.         Govt. inter college munsyari, distt pithoragarh, kumaon devision, Uttarakhand
9	Tamil Nadu	1.         Technology bhawan , nangainagar, suchhendrum, kanyakumari district -629704, Tamil Nadu 2.         Centre for earth &atmospheric sciences, Sathyabama University, Jeppiarnagar, rajiv Gandhi road, Chennai-600119,Tamil Nadu. 3.         Periyar University, Periyar Palkalai Nagar, Salem-11, Tamilnadu
10.	Odisha	1.         balsore school in balasore district in Odisha state 2.         apartiucchaVidyalaya , Nairi, Khordha, Odisha
11	Rajasthan	1.         CRDC, Village & Post Thalli Tehsil-Chaksu, Dist. Jaipur, Rajasthan
12	Jharkhand	1.         Dumka, Jharkhand
13.	Himachal Pradesh	1.         SVM Senior sec School, Distt, Bilaspur, HP
14.	Nagaland	1.         Government Polytechnic, Kohima, Nagaland
15.	Sikkim	1.         GreendaleSr.SecSchool, linding road, tadonggangtok, Sikkim
16.	Telangana	1.         Two dist. of Telangana state.
17.	Arunachal Pradesh	1.         GoodShephardPublic School, Arunachal Pradesh

This was stated by the Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Y.S.Chowdary in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

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