Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI)
2021 APR 7
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Environment and Ecology > National environmental initiatives > Reports and indices
About CEPI:
- It is a pollution index developed by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
- It was created on the basis of nation wide environmental assessment of prominent Industrial Clusters.
- CEPI captures the various dimensions of environmental pollution including air, water and land in a single index.
- Separate indices or sub-indices (EPI) are scored separately for air, water, and land for the same industrial cluster, using which a comprehensive index (CEPI) is formulated.
- CEPI is a rational number to characterize the environmental quality at a given location.
- Industrial clusters having CEPI greater than 70, on a scale of 0 to 100, has been identified as critically polluted.
Prelims Question
Consider the following regarding Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI):
1.It was developed by Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi.
2.It measures pollution levels of prominent industrial clusters across India.
Choose the correct statements from the codes given below:
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer to the Prelims Question