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  Ban Plastic Bags Plastic bags are used for various purpose. The most common use of plastic bags is to carry grocery items. These are easily available in the market and thus used extensively. However, disposing these bags is a big issue as these bags are non-biodegradable. They have become a major cause of land pollution. Used plastic bags stay in our environment for years and contribute to land and water pollution. This is the reason why many countries have banned the use of plastic bags. These countries have replaced plastic bags with paper and reusable cloth bags. Jute Bag The Government of India has also banned the use of plastic bags in many states but the same has never been implemented properly. We must understand that these have been banned for our good. Every individual must take it as his responsibility to stop the use of plastic bags to keep our environment clean and healthy. Plastic bags cause health problem in human beings as well as in animals. Waste food, vegeta...

 SAVE WATER SAVE LIFE Jal Shakti Abhiyan is a recently launched water conservation campaign undertaken by the Government of India with an aim to cover almost 256 districts across the entire country. This campaign comes under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. Ministry of Jal Shakti was formed on May 2019 by merging of two Ministries. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. This campaign has its focus on five important aspects water conservation and rain water harvesting, renovation of traditional and other water bodies, reuse of water and recharging of structures, watershed development and intensive afforestation. The campaign will run through citizen participation in two phases. Phase I from 1 st July 2019 to 15 th Sep 2019 for all states and UTs and the 2 nd phase from 1 st Oct to 30 th Nov 2019 for states and UTs receiving the retreating monsoon (Andhrapadesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Puducherry). I...