Rs 50-cr NGT fine on Punjab over river pollution
The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Punjab Government to deposit a fine of Rs 50 crore as environmental compensation for polluting the Sutlej and Beas due to uncontrolled industrial discharge.
Sugar Industry
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Government hikes ethanol price by Rs 2.85/litre for 2018-19
The government on Wednesday hiked the price of ethanol produced from C-molasses by Rs 2.85 per litre to Rs 43.70 for the new season starting December 2018, according to sources. For the first time,
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Punjab imposes Rs 5 cr fine on erring mill
Days after Kiri Afghana’s Chadha Sugar Mills entered troubled waters, the situation turned bitter for it with the Punjab Government slapping an unprecedented fine of Rs 5crores as “environmental compensation”,
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NGT takes cognisance of Punjab AAP MLAs’ complaint on river water pollution
The complaint stated that there are very serious reports of grave and dangerous levels of poisonous pollution in the rivers, canals and drains has rocked the state of Punjab. Leader of Opposition Sukhpal
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FSSAI bats for consumers on food choice, but sugar industry sees red
According to the proposed draft of Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2018, the packaged food companies will have to declare nutritional information such as calories (energy),
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Green tribunal, green approach: the need for better implementation of the polluter pays principle
<p>This analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment throws light on use of Polluter Pays Principle by the National Green Tribunal, the key shortfalls and challenges. It also provides recommendations to tighten application of the Polluter Pays Principle, and improve environmental responsibility of various stakeholders .</p>
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Rs 1,500 crore for organic farming
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for three years to promote organic farming in state. The amount was sanctioned by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh when Chief Minister Trivendra Singh
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Recycling sugar effluent in hybrid flow constructed wetland and reusing for agriculture
<p>As an agro-food industry, sugar industry contributes to about 12% of the world’s sugar production with annual production capacity of 23 million tonnes. The sugar industry is a major water user
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding consent to operate granted to the sugar industry- Sahakar Maharshi Shivajirao Narayanrao Nagawade, Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., District Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, 29/11/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Karim Jahangir Shaikh Vrs. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board & Others dated 29/11/2017 regarding consent to operate
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Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents
<p>In 1965, the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) secretly funded a review in the New England Journal of Medicine that discounted evidence linking sucrose consumption to blood lipid levels and hence coronary