pratiyogita darpan english Published this article page no 84 WholeofGovernment Focus The objectives outlined in Indias Arctic Policy are to be implemented through an Action Plan and a governance and review mechanism consisting of an interministerial Empowered Arctic Policy Group (EAPG) This mechanism is likely to enable better analysis prediction and coordinated approach in the Government of India lend policy coherence to the region and will result in better realisation of Indias strategic military and economic interests. On the whole Indias Arctic Policy is timely and is likely to provide a direction to Indias policymakers on contours of Indias engagement with the region. It is the first step towards developing a wholeofgovernment approach on Indias engagement with the region. The Policy is likely to have a multiplier effect towards a more synergised and focused scientific research including an enhanced understanding of linkages between monsoons and climate change in the Arctic and between polar studies and the Himalayas. Thus Indias Arctic Policy is deftly dovetailed enmeshed and in synergy with the broader policy framework of the Government of India World over activists of Extinction Rebellion are staging protests in various formats. What is the Extinction Rebellion also referred to as XR? Initially launched in the United Kingdom on October 31 2018 as a response to a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Now it is a global movement which seeks to rebel and asks groups to selforganise without the need for 160 anyones permission to come up with collective action plans as long as they adhere to the groups core principles and values. It is a decentralised international and politically nonpartisan movement using nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade governments to act justly on the Climate and Ecological Emergency. The group has three core demands of governments around the world. It wants governments to Tell the Truth to Act Now and to Go Beyond Politics in order to confront the climate and ecological emergency that the world is faced with. What activities have XR done so far? The group had announced a Declaration of Rebellion at launch involving a public act of civil disobedience in London demanding that the government reduce carbon emission to zero by 2025. The eventual plan was to coordinate actions in other countries and to engage in an International Rebellion in March 2019 pratiyogita darpan English buy.
