The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 25th June 2024

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Hindu Editorial Vocab On Nicobar Triangle Project

The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry will be looking into the forest clearance paperwork of the ₹72,000-crore infrastructure project on Great Nicobar Island, a major initiative (a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem) of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram told this newspaper. This is a significant step for the government, in its third term, as it brings to the surface the contentious (causing , involving, or likely to cause disagreement and argument) and difficult choices that governments face while addressing the trilemma of infrastructure (the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively) development, preserving pristine biodiversity respect and, being sensitive to the rights of the indigenous inhabitants, and tribals. The Great Nicobar Project involves developing a trans-shipment port, an international airport, township development, and a 450 MVA gas and solar-based power plant on the island. The project area is expected to cover over 130 sq. km. of pristine forest, and has been accorded (to treat someone specially, usually by showing respect) a stage-1 environmental clearance — one of the mandatory prerequisites — by an expert committee. The government told Parliament in August 2023 that 9.6 lakh trees could be felled and ‘compensatory afforestation,’ for the loss of this unique rainforest ecosystem, had been planned, thousands of kilometres away, in the vastly different ecological zone of Haryana. The Galathea Bay in the Nicobar islands hosts multiple rare species including the leatherback turtle, and the project imperils (to put something or someone at risk or in danger of being harmed or destroyed) their future.

The government contends that its motive is to leverage (the action or advantage of using a lever) the strategic location with the Great Nicobar Island located only 90 km away from the western tip of the Malacca Strait, an important shipping route between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. However, critics and some of the government’s policy advisers suggest that tourism is a key imperative for the exercise. The Environment Ministry, which is a regulator of environmental policy, has opted to be secretive about the project. Details on the environmental clearance process and the appraisal (the act of examining someone or something in order to judge their or its qualities, success, or needs) process, usually a public document, have been kept under wraps. There also seems to be haste on the part of the island administration to proceed while ignoring the rights of the local tribes — the Shompen in particular — regarding consent. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, a constitutional body, has demanded an explanation (the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand) from the district administration on these grounds. The National Green Tribunal had tasked a committee, headed by the Secretary of the Environment Ministry, to submit a report on the approval of forest clearances. This too is not public. Without transparency (the characteristic of being easy to see through), it would be foolhardy for the government to attempt such a massive upheaval of the islands and it should, with its new mandate (the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country), immediately correct course.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 25th June 2024

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• Initiative: A new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem.
• Contentious: Causing , involving, or likely to cause disagreement and argument.
• Infrastructure: The basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively.
• Accorded: To treat someone specially, usually by showing respect.
• Imperils: To put something or someone at risk or in danger of being harmed or destroyed.
• Leverage: The action or advantage of using a lever.
• Appraisal: The act of examining someone or something in order to judge their or its qualities, success, or needs.
• Explanation: The details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand.
• Transparency: The characteristic of being easy to see through.
• Mandate: The authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country.

Hindu Vocab Master 25th June with Synonyms & Antonyms

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Difficult Words	Synonyms & Antonyms
Initiative	Synonym: Action, Drive Antonym: Apathy, Cowardice
Contentious	Synonym: Antagonistic, Combative Antonym: Agreeable
Infrastructure	Synonym: Base, Framework Antonym: Disorder, Disorganization
Accorded	Synonym: Accepted, Allowed Antonym: Denied, Prohibted
Imperils	Synonym: Compromise, Endangered Antonym: Aid, Assist
Leverage	Synonym: Advantage, Clout Antonym: Weakness
Appraisal	Synonym: Assessment, Evaluation Antonym: Ignorance, Fact
Explanation	Synonym: Account, Answer Antonym: Ignorance, Question
Transparency	Synonym: Clarity, Clearness Antonym: Opacity, Opaqueness
Mandate	Synonym: Command, Authorization Antonym: Breach, Break