Current Affairs :Uttarakhand Named best Performing States in terms of Environmental standards

The state of Uttarakhand on 29 October 2012 tops the Environmental
Performance Index (EPI) list of being best-performing States and Union
territories in terms of environmental well-being released by Planning
Commission.

Uttarakhand is followed by Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Sikkim, and
Andhra Pradesh on the Planning Commission's Environmental Performance
Index (EPI) list. Environmental well-being is one of the
considerations for decentralization of funds to the States under the
Gadgil formula.


The State of Uttarakhand was given a cumulative score point of 0.8123
which is followed by Himachal Pradesh with score point of 0.7316,
Chandigarh with 0.7270, Sikkim (0.7149), and Andhra Pradesh with
0.7147 of Score point.

Mizoram, Kerala, Goa, Sikkim, Tripura, Puducherry and Andaman and
Nicobar, with an average score of 1, were ranked as the best States in
terms of air quality.

Amazingly, except for Uttarakhand, all the States met the prescribed
national ambient air quality standard in respect of the sulphur
dioxide which is of 20 micrograms per cubic metre.

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