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 …
One of the strong messages that came out of the recent United Nations Climate Change conference in Durban was that the private sector has to play an important role if we are to globally move toward a low carbon, climate resilient—or “climate compatible”—future. However, private investment will only flow at …
Climate change adaptation is an increasingly important field and will involve a range of actors from national governments to private companies, communities and households. There is a growing policy discourse supporting the involvement of the private sector in adaptation, however there is little empirical examination to show how the sector …
Even as the controversy over the Comptroller and Auditor-General’s (CAG) report on coal blocks allocation that reportedly caused a loss of Rs. 1.86 lakh crore to the national exchequer rages, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has said coal allocations and mining, in future, should be done through the public …
With investment running into thousands of crores of rupees languishing due to fuel supply constraints for power plants, a mega delegation comprising heads of 24 private sector power companies will meet Power Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday. Private companies contributed 26 per cent — Rs 166,000 crore — of …
The CBI, probing Colgate scam, may inspect at least 11 coal blocks allocated to private companies in Jharkhand and Chattisgarh again. According to sources, decision to reinspect 11 coal blocks in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh has been taken following the analysis of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report. The CAG …
New Delhi Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said that no coal block was given away to companies during his tenure and only a few allotment letters were issued in respect of blocks that were awarded during the first term of the UPA government. In reply to allegations levelled by …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Monday sought complete details from the state governm ent on availability of facilities in Primary Health Centres (PHC), doctors, trained nursing staff and infrastructure across the state. The bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala has asked the government to …
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Wednesday accused the Opposition-ruled Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Orissa of blocking the smooth implementation of the competitive bidding process, initiated by the Centre in 2004. At a press conference here, he said the competitive bidding process for coal blocks allocation could not be implemented due …
New Delhi As many as 50 of the 57 captive coal blocks allocated to private firms, which are at the centre of a row over a damning CAG report, haven’t yet got various other statutory clearances. Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal cited this and the fact that 20 of these blocks …
New Delhi Even as the political climate worsened with the BJP insisting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign for his alleged role in the R1.86-lakh crore coal mine allocation scam and Parliament being adjourned over this, doors appear open for a complete overhaul of coal mining in India. This includes not …
From the World Bank to pension funds, efforts are under way to regulate land grabs through the creation of codes and standards. The idea is to distinguish those land deals that do meet certain criteria and should be approvingly called "investments" from those that don't and can continue to be …
Government of India have recently announced Rajiv Awas Yojana under which every citizen is to be provided access to basic civic and social services and decent shelter. Under this Policy, 50% of the cost of providing basic civic and social infrastructure and amenities and of housing including rental housing, transit …
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has rejected the Comptroller and Auditor-General’s conclusion that coal blocks allocation helped private companies gain Rs. 1.86 lakh crore. Talking to journalists after the report was tabled in Parliament on Friday, he said: “The policy adopted to allocate coal blocks was not faulty. There could …
Government auditor CAG on Friday said private firms were likely to gain Rs 1.86 lakh crore from coal blocks that were allocated to them on nomination basis instead of competitive bidding, which will result in a loss to the national exchequer. The CAG in its report, tabled in Parliament, names …
Delay in introducing competitive bidding had rendered the sale process between 2004 and 2009 The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Friday accused the government of allocating dozens of coal blocks at a fraction of their market price, costing the exchequer potential revenues of around $33.3 billion. The Bharatiya Janata …
The final report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General on the allotment of coal blocks has pegged the loss to the national exchequer at Rs. 1.86 lakh crores. Importantly, the CAG report gives a virtual clean chit to the Prime Minister’s Office that was monitoring the coal ministry’s functioning between 2006 …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of the Performance Audit of implementation of Public Private Partnership Project by Airports Authority of India at Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi. The Audit covered the period from 2006 to 2012.
Now that the Rio+20 summit is over, experts and the public at large have got busy analysing its outcome document. The media has already declared the conclave on sustainable development, held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro between June 20 and 22, a failure. It is true that …
The Indian Government is planning to launch a new urban health-care programme in its latest step towards universal health-care coverage in the country. Soumyadeep Bhaumik reports.
