Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The objectives of the policy are: To encourage participation of Private Sector to set up Solar Power based projects in the State; To define the incentives and benefits to be provided to the participants of the Private Sector in clear terms; To build a favourable atmosphere for setting up Solar …
This toolkit is focussed to provide a comprehensive knowledge of solid waste management for implementers, hence it has been prepared to provide vital information that a municipal manager will require while executing a project.Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is the trash or garbage that is discarded day to day in a …
The report, which aggregates data from 415 individual forest carbon projects historically, was published by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, a world-leading provider of news, data and analytics on environmental markets and investments in conservation. The report examines a variety of strategies for injecting financial resources into projects that save or …
The threat of climate change has galvanised the Indian government and industry into action. Every corporate worth its salt is proclaiming that it is doing something to fight climate change. A cursory glance at corporate web pages gives us an idea of its importance. The Tata page says: “The Tata …
New Delhi Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said rehabilitation and resettlement norms included in the new land acquisition Bill would be applied to private land purchases as well. Ramesh said that in case of private land purchase, the state government would be free to decide the threshold level …
The new “investor-friendly” version of the controversial land Bill was today cleared by a group of ministers led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The consent of two-thirds of landowners would now be required for acquiring land for public-private-partnership (PPP) and private projects. According to sources, the revised version had no …
Two sides also discuss possibility of technological cooperation in gas hydrates that are tough to extract In the second interaction of its kind this year, India has agreed to test-run Japanese projects intended to improve or utilise the country’s basic energy resources such as coal and water. During the India-Japan …
PPPs in infra are on the cusp of disaster. The country needs a different strategy to build public services infrastructure Growth is back on the agenda, says the government. It is hoping that with pushy announcements foreign and Indian investment will miraculously start pouring in and infrastructure will be the …
New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will further widen the scope of its investigations into the coal block allocation scam by looking into the role of officials of Central and state sector PSUs, including NTPC, SAIL and a host of state mineral development corporations. These utilities had got …
More than 90 per cent investments in the wind power sector come from private sector which indicates that we have adequate capacity and desire to harness wind energy. however, we need a stable regulatory and policy framework and better incentive mechanisms to achieve the target of the 12th Plan period …
Wind power is a formidable source of renewable energy. The article seeks to acquaint the reader with the developments in this sector with particular reference to Rajasthan.
Fixed drug combinations are a major marketing strategy in India but it can compromise the rational use of medicines. In this study we compared the fixed drug combinations and dosage forms in the hospital pharmacy before and after introducing the essential drug list. We also compared the Hospital Essential Drug …
The nature of agricultural development and the way food is produced, processed and sold is changing rapidly. Consumers increasingly want safe, higher value, and varied agricultural products. This is creating opportunities for farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs along agricultural value chains to transform commodities into higher value products—a process that can …
The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. The report will provide analytical tools to identify the obstacles to sustained job creation and examine differences in the nature of jobs, which in turn affects …
The UNEP and the GEF have released a new enlighten tToolkit, titled “Achieving the Transition to Energy Efficient Lighting,” which provides guidance for developing countries to transform their markets to more efficient lighting. The Toolkit provides examples of best practice in areas such as policy development, regulations and standards, and …
Hydrocarbon sector is the key to ensuring energy security in the country. It is the second source servicing India’s energy needs. Ensuring energy security for a large nation like India is a huge challenge. It is therefore important that India continues developing its hydrocarbon sector. This paper reflects India’s efforts …
New Delhi The CBI probe into the coal block scam is set to widen as the agency has now registered a preliminary inquiry into the allocation of captive coal blocks to state-owned mineral corporations and public sector undertakings who have formed joint ventures with private sector companies for extraction and …
In Maharashtra, the Association of Hospitals and its member charitable hospitals are attempting to back out of providing free and subsidised beds to poor patients under the Bombay Public Trust Act Scheme which is a legally mandated service in return for subsidies. They are deliberately confusing this scheme with another …
Mumbai The food processing industry, currently the fifth largest sector in India’s economy, is showing potential for massive expansion, particularly in the export market, a report by FICCI and Bain & Co says. Costs of processing and packaging food can be up to 40% lower in India, than parts of …
In view of the growing supply deficit of coal, the Planning Commission has suggested spinning off Coal India’s subsidiaries into separate entities so that each one of them can pursue its own goals. “The industry would be better served if the subsidiaries were spun off as separate public sector companies …
