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What are the characteristics of Blue Flag certified beaches? Discuss their significance for beach tourism in India.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Industry

Blue Flag is a voluntary, annually renewed eco-label run since 1985 by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), Copenhagen; India entered in 2018 through the Society of Integrated Coastal Management under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It certifies compliance, not scenery: an audit of roughly 33 criteria in four families, re-verified each…

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  • Characteristics: The Four Criterion Families
  • Significance for Beach Tourism in India
  • The Limits of the Signal
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