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Pollution Upstream, By Products Downstream – and Who should Pay?

July 11, 2015 Prasad Modak

Last week I was in the chamber of Member Secretary of one of the progressive State Pollution Control Boards in India. A discussion was ongoing

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Why Monitor Environmental Quality? Why not Generate Random Numbers?

November 24, 2014 Prasad Modak

My Professor friend was recently awarded by the Ministry of Environment & Forests towards his contributions for saving expenditures on environmental monitoring incurred by the

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October 20, 2014 Prasad Modak

  In India, as in most countries, permits are required to establish and operate businesses that have environmental and social sensitivities. The Pollution Control Boards

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Operations without Certification

October 11, 2014 Prasad Modak

Today in India, you cannot operate a boiler without a certified operator, but you can operate a wastewater treatment plant without such a certification requirement.

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Can you ever be 100% Compliant to Environmental Standards on 24×7 basis?

August 27, 2014 Prasad Modak

Compliance with environmental standards is expected to be 100% and on 24×7 basis in most countries including India. This means that if you draw a

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