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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Madhya Pradesh concealing facts, say Bhopal gas victims
Bhopal gas tragedy victims Thursday accused the Madhya Pradesh government of concealing facts, and said it continued to deny publicly that 16,000 people had died in the aftermath of the tragedy and 5,000 women were widowed. Representatives of four organisations of Bhopal gas disaster survivors presented information obtained through the Right to Information Act here.
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MP villagers get water, thanks to RTI
SYED ASIM ALI The rural India has now started getting benefits from the RTI as residents of Keolari village in Katni district succeeded in protecting their fundamental human Right to Water using RTI as a tool.
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No data on dangerous waste
Days after several persons were hospitalised after exposure to radioactive waste at a West Delhi scrap market, it emerges that the only data available with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is almost three years old. And even that is alarming: 5,300 tonnes of hazardous waste was generated in the Capital every year, according to the survey last conducted in 2007.
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RTI helps to secure tribal village from floods in future
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Uchhal: Memories of the devastation caused by a flooded river Tapi in 2006 are still afresh in the minds of people living in the villages of Surat and Tapi districts. Rajesh Valvi, a youth from Holipada village in Uchhal taluka of Tapi district, wanted to ensure that his village was never affected by the floods in future.
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Maharashtra receives more RTI queries than Britain, Mexico: Study
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has outnumbered Britain and Mexico in receiving queries under the RTI Act, the State Information Commission has said. "In 2009, Maharashtra received 4, 40,728 queries of RTI while Britain received 90,000 and Mexico 1, 25,000 under a similar legislation," the Commission said in a recent report.
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He uses RTI to get water supply to 13 tribal villages
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Uchhal: Though 67, Surji Vasava
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RBT mining lease facts hidden
BHUBANESWAR: The Ram Bahadur Thakur (RBT) mining lease controversy is getting murkier by the day as more and more facts point to the State Government
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Not aware of amount of e-waste generated: Delhi Government
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government this past week announced that it would install collection bins across the Capital to contain the growing problem of hazardous waste (including e-waste) disposal in the city.
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Stilled in the womb
Female infanticide has declined in Tamil Nadu, but there is still an alarming decline of child sex ratio in many districts. When Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and main opposition All
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Indias childhood in the "pits": a report on the impacts of mining on children in India
<p>New report on impacts of mining on children by HAQ, Samata and mm&P shows that children & their communities are not part of the growth that mining promises. It addresses loopholes in the policy & demands an assessment of children’s status in mining areas. <br />