Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Anna Hazare’s hunger fast last week for probity in politics captured the news agenda and unleashed a nationwide frenzy. Declarations of victory may be premature since the real work of drafting a law on the Lokpal is only just beginning. Corruption is not an abstract evil that can be combated …
Many political leaders and intellectuals have criticised the Anna Hazare campaign on the Lokpal Bill for being anti-democratic and anti-political. But when the political class as a whole has failed to tackle corruption, a campaign that seeks to have a law enacted that will put in place a powerful watchdog …
Reetika Khera in "The UID Project and Welfare Schemes" has opened a new debate on the promise of the project of providing each Indian citizen a unique identification (UID) card. Specifically she takes issue with the claim that the UID will facilitate the implementation of welfare schemes.
Move suggested to magnify the impact of the Right To Education law among poorer sections Poor families sending their children to school could get a cash incentive based on the attendance of their child. The Planning Commission has taken note of a report that has suggested the measure to magnify …
Rs56,701 for one square foot of land in Kharadi? If this sounds unbelievable, this is precisely what the land and estate department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) said in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application on April 5, 2011. Pune-based river activist, Sarang Yadwadkar, in his RTI …
While mass predilections in Bihar are still veering towards the male child, the Nitish Kumar government will be pleased with the provisional Census 2011 data for the State, which has indicated a 20 per cent jump in the State's female literacy rate. As per the report, literacy rates for women …
Gautam Budh Nagar has registered all round progress on different fronts during the past 10 years, stated the latest census report. Literacy has jumped from 56.83 per cent in 2001 to 82.2 per cent in 2011. In woman literacy, district tops the state while population in G B Nagar has …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa's literacy rate might have grown exponentially in the last decade to touch 73.45 per cent, almost on par with the National average of 74.04, but the Naxal hotbeds of the State continue to wallow in illiteracy. Literacy rate in the Maoist-infested districts of Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur still …
Signalling its intent to draft the Lokpal Bill at the earliest, the government on Sunday announced the deadline for the committee formed for this purpose, saying
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his associates today made it clear that their battle was far from over and threatened to revert to agitation if an effective and comprehensive Lok Pal legislation is not enacted by 15 August. Dismissing suggestion that they are resorting to blackmail to achieve their goal, …
MUMBAI: It has been a year since the Right to Education (RTE) Act was implemented nationwide, but there is very little awareness about it. Complaints against any violation of the act can be registered by citizens with the national or state commission for protection of child rights. A right to …
MUMBAI: A new breed of professionals is on the rise that owes its existence to the Right To Information (RTI) Act that has grown popular and powerful as it has proved to be effective in empowering citizens. The professionals, though few, are experts on the RTI Act. They are well-versed …
