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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No Proposal to Review RTI, Says Khurshid
Govt takes ‘U-turn’ after NAC members criticise Prime Minister’s remark on RTI With political rivals and members of Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council subjecting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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RTI shouldn’t hit govt work: PM
PM Manmohan Singh on Friday endorsed the concerns of his ministerial colleagues over Right To Information, saying the transparency enabler should not adversely affect deliberations in government and deter
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Manmohan for a critical review of RTI Act
Asserting that there will be no dilution of the RTI Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said Government wishes to make Right to Information an “even more effective instrument” for ensuring transparency
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Mines and Geology Department inspects plots used as ore dumps
PANJIM: State Mines and Geology department Tuesday began an inspection of various plots in the state which are being used to dump iron ore. The officials swung into action after it was revealed that only 15 plots are registered with them while several hundred plots are increasingly used to stack ore, throwing environmental norms to the wind.
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Ousted PAC chief to come out with ‘Parrikar Accounts Committee Report'
Goa Speaker had dismissed the committee report on illegal mining as ‘a draft' With the Public Accounts Committee report on mining having failed to make it to the Goa Assembly, the former PAC chief, Leader of the Opposition and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Manohar Parrikar, has vowed to come out with a “Parrikar Accounts Committee Report” to expose alleged irregularities of the Digambar Kamat government on the mining issue.
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Govt to spend Rs 30 cr in disposing Union Carbide toxic waste
Government will spend Rs 30 crore in removing 346 metric tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site, over 25 years after the deadly industrial disaster took place. The waste will be taken to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) controlled incineration facility near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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Tendulkar poverty line will remain reference point
Though the methodology for determining the poor would be based on the socio-economic caste census being undertaken by the Rural Development Ministry, the (Suresh) Tendulkar poverty line would remain a
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Rajasthan takes lead in framing policy for common land
The government has issued a series of orders to facilitate the process and aims to complete the demarcation of such land within the purview of the gram panchayats and under common use such as grazing lands, common ponds and their catchment areas, playgrounds. The state government has also issued orders facilitating the utilisation of MGNREGA funds for improving the productivity of common land and has issued operational guidelines.
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Only 13 mines out of 40 that were served stop operations orders are active - Mines Department under RTI.
Only 13 out of 40 mines, which have been served the order to stop operations for failure to obtain forest or wildlife clearances, were actually in operation, while 27 are non working, according to information provided to Goa Foundation (GF) by mines department under RTI. Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has submitted a list of 40 mines to GF, which are been directed to suspend operations till they produce approval of Chief Wildlife Warden and forest clearances.
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RWAs to knock doors of MLAs over power tariff issue
Fuelled by the Delhi government’s move to allow a CAG audit of power discoms, protests by the city’s Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) against the hike in power tariff have been growing. On Sunday,