Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Chandigarh Punjab pollution control board (PPCB) has slapped notices on 54 government and private hospitals for violation of various norms for managing and handling bio-medical waste. Teams of the nodal agency conducted raids throughout the state and found that a large number of hospitals have been violating pollution control norms. …
Comparing the enactment process of Lokpal bill with that of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, social activist Anna Hazare said on Saturday that the pressure from the civic society will ensure that the landmark legislation comes through. He alleged that the UPA government was undermining the civil society. Hazare …
This National Food Security Bill, 2011 has been approved by Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council and sent to the government. It seeks legal food entitlements to 90 per cent rural and 50 per cent urban households. An Act to ensure public provisioning of food and related measures to enable assured …
In another case of alleged fraud during implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Meghalaya, a father-son duo duped gullible villagers in the name of implementation of the Central scheme. The matter came to light after villagers from Thadan village, 40 km from here, got wind …
AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi's book on global warming, 'Convenient Action - Gujarat's Response to Challenges of Climate change', has selective information and data to defend Gujarat's development model. Environment activist Rohit Prajapati of NGO Paryavaran Mitra says he has reviewed the book and found it ignores the irreversible environmental …
Activist to go on fast as scheduled; Government mulls all-party meeting on July 3 Gandhian activist Anna Hazare vowed to intensify the stir for a stronger anti-graft legislation, saying the threat from corruption was greater than from Pakistan, and that the government is not serious about rooting out corruption.
Eight pregnant women enrolled under ICDS scheme also died last year, reveals RTI reply As many as 775 children and eight pregnant women, enrolled in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme of the Delhi government under which nutritious food and health facilities are provided to underprivileged women and children, …
Sparring Points Besides Lokpal Bill, politicians have sparred with civil society on four key pieces of legislation RTI Act: Various arms of government first block it, now place conditions designed to strangle transparency Right to Food: The Planning Commission differs with activists on what percentage of poor should be covered …
Begin three-day rally demanding return of 1,330-acre of land cquired for BMIC project More than 1,200 families of farmers, who lost their houses and land for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, have launched a three-day awareness campaign against the implementing agency, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE) for …
On May 30, as the joint drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill met for the fifth time in the conference room of the ministry of finance in North Block, trouble was already brewing. In the last four meetings, the contentious issues had been put on the backburner and the government’s …
Chennai: More children in India are dying every year soon after being vaccinated, and the government has no clue why. Union health ministry statistics obtained under the Right to Information Act show that 128 children died in 2010 due to adverse effects after immunization (AEFI). That count has risen in …
The details of the design specifications of the coke ovens battery-wise that includes data such as date of commissioning, chamber height, capacity holding volume, number of ovens, coking duration (hours) and status of coke dry quenching installation.
Emboldened by the interim stay order issued by the Bombay high court on Thursday against construction by civic bodies on river beds, activists in Pune have demanded an immediate cessation of all work related to river bed improvement and storm water drainage. Right to information (RTI) activist, Vijay Kumbhar, issued …
