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 …
the Union ministry of communications (moc) has plans for a blissful world, one in which lampooning or mockery shall be anathema. As part of its plans, it prohibited access to certain blogs and websites. It later revoked the ban when its impracticability became plain. Anyhow, the ban raised pertinent questions. …
This report highlights the importance of social protection in the struggle against global poverty. Social protection aims to enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable persons to manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, sickness, disability and old age.
The World Bank has been promoting the public-private partnership model based on management contracts in developing countries. In such contracts, all the risks are borne by the government while the companies do not invest a penny. Investment and expenditure becomes the responsibility of the government, and the companies only provide …
function table() { var popurl="image/20051231/42_table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=510,height=400,scrollbars=yes") } On October 12, 2005, the Right to Information (rti) Act came into force. rti activists seemed to have won their battle to provide citizens with rights to information about the government's working. But little had they reckoned for what was in store. Barely …
Will making bureaucrats state information commissioners affect the act's implementation I don't think it will affect the act. We prefer bureaucrats because we need officials well-versed with the administration's functioning. Your views on the prime minister's office's order to exempt certain kinds of file notings from RTI? I have not …
Brazil has won a major battle towards securing its right to produce nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. After months of struggle, it has reached a pact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (iaea), the un's nuclear watchdog, which would allow it enrich its own uranium at its Resende plant. Brazil …
the Delhi assembly passed the Right to Information Bill 2001, which proposes to bring about more transparency in governance, on April 9. "The bill seeks to provide each citizen the right to information,' said Sheila Dixit, Delhi's chief minister. But this right is subjected to certain conditions
the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, may soon be amended. On March 8, 2001, the Nuclear Power Corporation, that owns all the nuclear power plants in India, gave a contract to Power Finance Corporation, a public sector undertaking, to suggest amendments to this act, thus facilitating private participation in the Kaiga …
The administrative tribunal of Paris has ordered the French government to publish a list of sites in the country where genetically modified (GM) crops are being grown on a trial basis. The court has directed the government to disclose the list on the basis that it is public information. The …
Bangalore. A poor person's Silicon Valley. It's 11 am on July 5, 2000. The scene is Yavanika Auditorium. The occasion is what has come to be known as a public hearing. Outside the hall, protesters demand that farmers and members of the
In the early 1990s, the Birla-led Indo-Gulf Fertilisers Limited was scouting for land near Mangalore to establish a copper smelter plant. Tokur and surrounding villages near Baikampady were proposed as a possible site, an area full of paddy fields and plantations. In 1994, the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Parisarasakta Okkoota ( …
W hen you cry, in fact cry hoarse, and yet not be heard, what do you do? Experts contend that going to courts should be the last straw. "Firstly, there is a kind of misplaced loyalty towards the formal justice delivery mechanism as the be-all-and-end-all,' says Ramesh. Secondly, there is …
Under the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 1994, amended in 1997, the company seeking environmental clearance submits to the concerned state pollution control board (SPCB) an executive summary (ES) of the project The SPCB gives a 30-day notice for environmental public hearing with details of the time, date and venue. The …
The first United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972 led to a spate of comprehensive legislative measures for protecting the environment. India being one of the signatories to the Stockholm declaration enacted several laws and also amended the Constitution in 1976. Two important changes were made, …
western civil society, it seems, has decided to go global and represent the world without any effort to understand what constitutes democracy and fairness from the point of view of poorer countries. Several Northern groups are now urging their governments to use their influence on international financial institutions, and stop …
it is a right. Yet on paper it looks more like a privilege granted to the electorate than a right. However, despite its shortcomings, the Right to Information Bill, that was recently passed by the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, is definitely a step forward towards ensuring more transparency in the state's …
The Supreme Court has dropped contempt proceedings against Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna following an apology made by him. Krishna had commented on the height of the Almatti dam despite a court order asking parties to the Krishna water dispute not to approach the media to air their views …
