Mains Question:
Question: India has set up the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodra. Discuss how this development would affect the domestic aircraft manufacturing ecosystem? (150 words)
Approach
- Introduction- brief about the development
- Impact on domestic ecosystem
- Boost to domestic defence manufacturing ecosystem
- development of a strong private industrial aerospace ecosystem
- employment opportunities across the aerospace ecosystem
- Government policies
- Sum up your answer by suggesting a way forward
Context:
State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) are failing to live up to their statutory mandate.
Enhanced Mandate:
- Establishment of SPCBs: It was constituted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Later its mandate was expanded to include air quality management.
- Under Performance: It is observed as the environmental indicators have worsened across the country, the SPCBs appear to have failed to discharge their statutory mandate.
Board composition as a conflict of interest:
- Element of Expertise Missing: Scientists, medical practitioners, and academics constitute only 7% of the Board members, which indicates a lack of crucial expertise on the board.
- SPCB leadership: Members do not enjoy a long, stable, and full-time tenure. Many times, they do not even have time to understand their mandate fully.
- Conflict of Interest: Over 50% of the Board members across the 10 SPCBs and PCC studied represent potential polluters. This raises fundamental questions about conflicts of interest.
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