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Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI)

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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