Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 17/02/2025. The matter related to conservation and protection of Delhi Ridge which is an extension of Aravali Range extending from Tughlakabad and branching out in Wazirabad in the north …
Judgement of the Madhya Pradesh High Court dated 06/10/2015 questioning the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 (5 of 2014), the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Second Ordinance, 2014 (7 of 2014), the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rules, 2014.
This year’s World Disasters Report examines the complexities and challenges local actors face in scaling-up and sustaining humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction. It calls on governments and the international aid community to work together to ensure more equal partnerships with local actors and efficient financing flows, including at the …
MUMBAI: Observing that the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act is meant for the benefit of citizens and has a direct nexus to the right to life, the Bombay high court upheld the constitutional validity of the 2006 law, its provisions and the rules framed under it. "This is a …
Govt plans to dilute the consent clause and do away with SIA for PPP projects In its Assembly session that began on Wednesday, the Rajasthan government is planning to push some industry-friendly amendments to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition (Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Act, 2013. If …
A amendment proposal to the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act allows institutions or agencies to operate zoos Sep 16, 2015- The government is likely to grant license to any organisation or agency to operate zoos if they meet the purposes including education, research as well as study and entertainment. …
Even as a Parliamentary panel recommended in July that the TSR Subramanian report on revising and amending environment laws be scrapped, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) is pushing ahead with creation of a framework on the report's recommendations. Documents accessed by dna revealed that the MoEFCC …
Greg Hunt describes passage of legislation as a signature moment in water reform as Greens accuse him of ‘caving in to hardline Nationals’ The Abbott government has won Senate support to set a 1,500 gigalitre cap on the amount of water it can buy back from the Murray-Darling basin. The …
The NDA government was embarrassed yet again in the Supreme Court on Thursday when it was found that ministry of environment and forest had appointed 30 advocates as panel lawyers in breach of a year-old memo issued by Prime Minister's Office to all departments to make merit-based appointments. The embarrassment …
This guideline provides criteria for sustainable sand mining both in-stream and off-channel extraction of sand, the theory of sediment transport in rivers, an important factors determining sand replenishment rate together with a discussion of the impacts of river sand mining. Recommendations for management of sustainable sand extraction are the key …
The Haryana Assembly today passed a landmark legislation making educational qualifications and toilets at residence premises mandatory for the candidates of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) amid a walkout by the Opposition Congress. With this, Haryana became the second state after Rajasthan to fix educational and other qualifications for the …
India may have pledged to accelerate hard-hitting measures to reduce tobacco use at the regional committee meeting of South East Asia countries at Timor Leste Monday, but things look grim back home. In a further revelation that endorses that bold pictorial warnings on tobacco products are unlikely to see the …
The Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed on 3 September 2015, in Port Louis a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) on support for the development of Organic farming and institutional capacity building in Mauritius. Under the TCP, the FAO will assist Mauritius …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Toxics Links Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/09/2015 regarding e-waste. According to the Counsel appearing for the Applicant, a chart showing the status of the States vis-à-vis the primary grievance of the applicant is …
Green MP Gareth Highes had one of his Member's Bills pulled from the ballot in mid-August. The Electricity Industry (Small-Scale Renewable Distributed Generation) Amendment Bill is now set to be voted on by Parliament in the near future. MPs will decide whether to support an amendment to the Electricity Industry …
The German government has proposed changes to a law to prevent German utilities from evading the payment of billions of euros needed to fund the country's nuclear exit, according to a copy of the draft law seen by Reuters. The document says that utilities will be liable for the costs …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed new restrictions on tobacco advertising that take effect in China on Tuesday. "WHO strongly supports the introduction of new restrictions on tobacco advertising contained in China’s revised Advertising Law which takes effect this week," said Bernhard Schwartländer, WHO Representative in China. "Banning all …
Arunachal Pradesh Assembly speaker Nabam Rebia would hold Third Legislators’ Meet at Fourth Sustainable Mountain Development Summit in Itanagar on October 8. Rebia has finalised to hold the meet after an hour long discussion with Lok Sabha member from Sikkim and Globe India secretary general PD Rai at Arunachal Bhawan …
BEIJING – Local governments in China will no longer be able to restrict or ban vehicles from plying on the road to keep its air clean, according to a new amendment introduced on Saturday to the central law that governs anti-pollution efforts. Governments in major cities like Beijing – notorious …
The Kaduna State House of Assembly yesterday passed into law a bill to establish the Primary Health Care Development Agency. The Speaker, Aminu Shagali, said the law would be cited as 'Kaduna Primary Health Care Development Agency Law 2015', adding that it is meant to substitute the 'Kaduna Primary Health …
In the wake of reports that the local administration has identified a new 92-acre landfill site in the Aravali foothill area, several environmentalists, waste management activists and concerned citizens have come together to oppose the move. Spearheading the movement, Ruchika Sethi, who runs ‘Why Waste Your Waste’ campaign, said: “We …
