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 …
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Uchhal: Memories of the devastation caused by a flooded river Tapi in 2006 are still afresh in the minds of people living in the villages of Surat and Tapi districts. Rajesh Valvi, a youth from Holipada village in Uchhal taluka of Tapi district, wanted to ensure …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has outnumbered Britain and Mexico in receiving queries under the RTI Act, the State Information Commission has said. "In 2009, Maharashtra received 4, 40,728 queries of RTI while Britain received 90,000 and Mexico 1, 25,000 under a similar legislation," the Commission said in a recent report. The state …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government this past week announced that it would install collection bins across the Capital to contain the growing problem of hazardous waste (including e-waste) disposal in the city. Sloppy disposal of e-waste is a huge problem and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit noted that …
Female infanticide has declined in Tamil Nadu, but there is still an alarming decline of child sex ratio in many districts. When Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and main opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which seldom see eye to eye on national and regional issues, joined other …
The study was under taken with an objective to assess the impact of self-developed Environmental information empowerment package (EIEP) on environment protection through gain in knowledge of farm families. The present study was conducted in rural areas of Rajasthan. A sample of a mixed group of 30 willing farm men …
New report on impacts of mining on children by HAQ, Samata and mm&P shows that children & their communities are not part of the growth that mining promises. It addresses loopholes in the policy & demands an assessment of children’s status in mining areas. This report provides a glimpse into …
SHYAM NARAYAN SHARMA, a retired sergeant of the Indian Air Force, ended up behind bars when he filed a right to information (RTI) application with the block development officer. The 62-year-old retired air force officer was trying to get details of a land fraud involving his paternal property in Patna’s …
Siyaram singa padvi, a poor tribal of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra, has managed to get two government officials fined. The officers with the public works department had delayed giving information sought by Padvi under the Right to Information (rti) Act. On December 24, Maharashtra state information commissioner (sic), S V …
Report>> Calling the Bluff • by Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon • Kalpavriksh • Price Rs 150 In 2005, Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon authored a report, Eleven Years of the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 1994; How Effective Has It Been? A detailed analysis of the working of the environmental …
The right to water and sanitation is necessary for the enjoyment of other human rights, including the right to life and human dignity, the right to health, the right to adequate food, the right to development and the right to a healthy environment. This discussion paper examines the need and …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Brinda Karat, MP and Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member, has asked Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to look into the issue of shortage of vaccines in the country and take steps to procure them in adequate quantities to avert …
An RTI query has finally got the Delhi Police cracking. In a bid to prepare a response to an RTI petition, the Delhi Police has now made it mandatory for its personnel to show updated pollution certificates every time they get their government vehicles refilled. Delhi Police sources have said …
the association of physicians in India has decided to raise Rs 1 crore through endorsements this financial year. The decision comes a year after the Indian Medical Association, or ima, faced flak for endorsing food products. When ima had endorsed PepsiCo
