Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
In rapidly urbanising Gurgaon, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has decided to rejuvenate a small set of ponds. Recognising the importance of about 120-odd Johads (ponds), which have either shrunk or have just vanished, the corporation has entered into an agreement with Future Institute, a not-for-profit and an applied …
The Minister of State (IC) for Petroleum and Natural Gas released the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for north-east India, outlining steps to leverage the hydrocarbon sector for development of the region in Guwahati. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas (MoPNG) has consciously and constantly focused efforts towards making hydrocarbons a tool …
Cement Industry is necessary for the growth of the economy. At the same time it contributes substantially to the air pollution problem of the area around. Modern cement industries have taken measures to control the air pollution effect. No doubt that the industrial units are responsible for the overall socio-economic …
This report by the Measure What Matters team examines the current state of corporate and government reporting of water sustainability in India. Businesses, governments and global-level actors all gather data on water resources. However, serving different purposes, their accounting systems are rarely harmonized, which can lead to information asymmetries between …
As foreign investments in agriculture and extractive industries increase pressures on land and natural resources, the effective use of legal tools, by government and advocates alike, has become an important ingredient of public efforts to ensure that foreign investment contributes to sustainable development. This handbook is about how to use …
Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan (MJSA), described as the country's largest campaign of its kind towards water harvesting and conservation in rural areas, was launched by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday. The campaign, inaugurated by Ms. Raje at Jhalwar, and at other places across the State by the Ministers, …
The company plans to expand its refinery at Visakhapatnam from 8.33 MTPA to 15 State-run HPCL has received the environmental clearance (EC) to expand its refinery at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh from 8.33 million tonne per annum to 15.0 MTPA. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), under the Ministry of Environment …
Vikram Woollens (VW), a unit of Grasim Industries Ltd was established in 1995 and has its manufacturing unit at Malanpur in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Reporting to the shareholders is done once a year at the Annual General Meeting. However, key shareholders are kept informed about the developments in …
This paper, with a narrowed down focus, tries to analyze the status of Indian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in the Oil and Power sector and derive meaningful trends and observations concerning the established CSR mechanism of some of the selected companies of this particular sector. It is an attempt to …
FAO and the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD have joined efforts to prepare this discussion paper on sustainable financing for FLR. It provides an overview of existing funding sources and financial instruments that could be used and adapted specifically for the implementation of FLR efforts at the national, regional and …
BOKARO: The environment control department at Bokaro Steel is converting factory effluents to eco-friendly bricks that have also made a niche in the local market. The department has used slag and solid waste produced in the steel factory to make steel flyash bricks, which have a better durability than the …
This report explores the opportunities for investment in sanitation by the private sector, and it profiles 16 initiatives currently being undertaken for the provision of sanitation services and infrastructure, either through corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding, public private partnership (PPP), or independent corporate funding.
Lucknow Municipal Corporation has decided to rope in banks to adopt various roundabouts and trisections of city for their beautification and plantation. It is already carrying out the exercise to plant trees in parks and roadsides in partnership with leading private banks. Plans are also to encourage these financial institutions …
The Supreme Court of India has stayed the orders of National Green Tribunal (NGT) that had directed automobile dealers of Bhopal to conduct corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities under polluter pays principle without ascertaining loss caused to the environment. The apex court's three judge bench comprising Chief Justice HL Dattu, …
Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) or Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is probably the only Indian airport that has voluntarily started carbon mapping. It is ready with a five-year road map to reduce carbon emissions by 25 per cent and has already reduced its carbon footprint by 11 per cent in …
Ranchi: Taking time off from his routine responsibilities, Jharkhand Food Minister Saryu Roy has been working to save water bodies from pollution, which he claims is "main reason for diseases" in the mineral-rich state. "When I embarked on the Clean Water Sources Campaign ten years ago, some people used to …
To fast track the construction of toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Coimbatore Corporation plans to tap Corporate Social Responsibility funds from corporate companies. According to sources, the Corporation has sent out invites to 60 companies for a meeting on Wednesday to see if they could play a role …
AHMEDABAD: Experts across sectors assembled at CII conference to address `Nutritional Challenges' through a CSR perspective to ascertain the cause of a `Swasth Bharat Sashakt Bharat' at YMCA during a 3-day food expo. Governor O P Kohli called for an urgent need to generate and educate the masses about the …
Acting on public interest litigation seeking directions for controlling and preventing pollution caused by the existing cement plants in the Khrew area on Srinagar outskirts, the J&K; High Court today issued notices to the J&K; Government, State Pollution Control Board (PCB) and private respondents, including the seven existing cements plants …
Deputy Speaker M. Buddha Prasad on Sunday inaugurated solar street light system in the Parrachivara panchat of Nagayalanka mandal in Krishna district. Hyderabad-based Bondada Engineering Private Limited (BEPL) provided the solar light system including poles which were installed at 26 locations across the Parrachivara panchayat. The panchayat comprises seven coastal …
