After Surat, emission trading scheme starts in Ahmedabad
State Minister of Tourism, Forest and Environment and Climate Change, Mulubhai Bera, on Tuesday marked the commencement of live trading of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) in Ahmedabad.
He also launched the online application module for ‘One Time Import Permission’ for wastes under Hazardous Waste Rules, 2016. The module will allow applicants to seek online disposal and approval of waste import applications. In a bid to control air pollution, especially the emission of particulate matter, the ETS project was piloted in Surat in September 2019, in collaboration with Chicago University, Yale University and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) — founded by Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo — in association with the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB).