Water Conservation

Agenda 21 is a legally non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. Agenda 21 is a 350 page document divided in to 40 chapters that have been grouped into 4 sections.

Agenda 21 is a legally non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) held in Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. Agenda 21 is a 350 page document divided in to 40 chapters that have been grouped into 4 sections.

Agenda 21, is a non-binding voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. There are 4 agreement in Agenda-2021.

AGMARK Act or Agriculture Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 is an Act to provide for the grading and marking of agriculture and other produce. It came into effect in 1937.A.1A

All models & brands of automotive vehicles-Pneumatic tyres for two & three-wheeled motor vehicles are required to obtain ISI Certification, before their launch or import into the Indian market. BIS ISI for Automotive Tubes & Tyres will only be provided to product manufacturers (whether Indian or foreign) and not to traders, dealers, or distributors. Bureau of Indian Standards grants BIS ISI for Automotive Tubes & Tyres. ISI certification is renowned for assuring quality to the customer. Only the Product manufacturer is qualified for BIS Certification. AGMARK is a quality certification mark issued by the Ministry ofAgricultural and Farmers Welfare.

The mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) to achieve the OPCW's vision of the world that is free of chemical weapons and the threat of their use. This program has following broad aims.

1. To ensure a credible and transparent regime for verifying the destruction of chemical weapons and to prevent their re-emergence, while protecting the legitimate national security and proprietary interest.

2. To provide protection and operation in peaceful uses of chemistry

3. To bring about universal membership of the OPCW by facilitating international cooperation and national capacity building. The OPCW member states represent 98% of the global population and landmass, Hundred percent of the chemical weapons stockpile declared by possessor states have been verifiably destroyed.

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The statement 'Vegetation is the true index of climate' is associated with Koppen Climate Classification, a system first published in 1900 and revised in 1918 by Wladimir Peter Koppen.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN- Habitat) is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978, at Nairobi the capital of Kenya. This agency has been mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities that provide equate shelter for all. Its partners include not only the governments and the local municipal authority, but also the personal and non-governmental partners. It contributes to the overall objective of the United Nations to reduce poverty and to promote access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

India and four rhino range nations (Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bhutan) have signed a declaration 'The New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019' for the conservation and protection of the species at the recently held Second Asian Rhino Range countries meeting. It is noteworthy that Second Asian Rhino Range countries meeting (from February 26 to 28 in 2019) was held at New Delhi and organized by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of Government of India in collaboration with the IUCN Asian Rhino Specialist Group, WWF - India and Aaranyak.

Dakshin Gangotri is the first research base station of India situated in Antarctica. It is currently being used as a supply base and transit camp. India's second research centre 'Maitree' was established in 1989. India's third research base was 'Bharati'.