Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Right To Information (RTI)
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Govt moves high court to enforce plastic bag ban
A day after banning all forms of chewable tobacco in the capital, the government has approached the Delhi high court seeking to enforce a similar curb on plastic bags. In an urgent application filed
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CIC pulls up green ministry for ‘misleading’ info on effects of mobile radiation
The Central Information Commission has pulled up the environment ministry for providing "false and misleading" information that it had conducted no study on the harmful effects of mobile radiations. It
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Govt fails to use green cess to protect environment
In what has caused concern among environment lovers, the state government has failed to utilize the "green cess" collected by it for its avowed purpose of environmental conservation and reduction of carbon
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27% of govt schools without DJB water: RTI
Over a quarter of Delhi’s government schools are functioning without a water connection. Of the 798 that bothered to respond to a query filed under RTI by a Delhi NGO, 220—27.5%—reported they don’t have
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Don’t auction Mahan coal block: MoEF
Not for the first time, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has asked the Coal Ministry to not auction the Mahan coal block in Singrauli as it is located in an inviolate forest area.
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Environment ministry’s ‘false’ reply to RTI query angers CIC
Hyderabad: The Chief Information Commissioner has taken a serious note of the ministry of environment and forests providing “false and misleading” information to an RTI query on the harmful effects of
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State scrapped RRZ policy to benefit some industries
It may sound strange, but the central government is seriously considering a river regulation zone (RRZ) policy like Maharashtra's to save rivers, while the state government has scrapped the 15-year-old
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Green tax not paid on over 1.62 lakh vehicles
The environment levy on more than 1.62 lakh vehicles has not been paid by their owners during the current fiscal, reveals an RTI query. However, Mumbai scored better than the rest of Maharashtra on
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HC slams state, asks for 5-yr plan to control vehicular traffic, irregular parking
Observing that walking on footpaths is the right of citizens and it is being taken away by car owners, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the state government on issues relating
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Pollution control panel clueless about illegal water packaging units in Delhi
Many licensed units are allegedly extracting groundwater There are nearly 64 water packaging units operating in Delhi, many of them allegedly extracting groundwater, even as the Delhi Pollution Control