Some projects under the Smart Cities Mission would not be able to meet the June 30 deadline and the respective state governments would be responsible for completing them thereafter, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs. In its report on the …
WITH Congress leadership sharing some of the concerns raised by the sceptics of the civil nuclear liability bill, the government on Sunday said it was ready to consider Opposition
Bowing to intense opposition pressure, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government withdrew the scheduled introduction of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in Parliament. The reasons were understandable
The UPA government took the first crucial step towards implementing right to food as an empowered group of ministers headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee cleared the draft national food security bill. The bill, promising 25 kg of foodgrains per month at Rs 3 per kg to BPL persons, will …
Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has been entrusted with the work of solarising important structures including the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House and the Sri Harmandir Sahib. All the gadgets of these buildings would be run through solar energy under the project and work on the first phase would be started …
Noted agriculture scientist and Rajya Sabha member M S Swaminathan on Thursday called for a comprehensive plan to ensure food security in the coming years, in the wake of climate change and shrinking agricultural sector. In his address at the diamond jubilee lecture series at the Central Food Technological Research …
Britain's independent ad watchdog has banned two government issued print adverts for overstating the risks of climate change. The Advertising Standards Authority found that two adverts by the department of energy and climate change, led by Ed Miliband, made exaggerated claims about the threat to Britain from global warming. The …
NEW DELHI: A bill for setting up National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), an independent body of professionals to monitor compliance of green laws in the country, will be tabled in monsoon session of Parliament by the government. This was stated by environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday at a two-day …
Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora today introduced the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Amendment Bill, 2010, in the Lok Sabha. The Bill proposes to amend Sections 15 and 16 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will again try to convince the Opposition to support the contentious Civil Nuclear Liability Bill with the intent to introduce it in the second half of the Budget session (April-May). Sources in the Prime Minister
MANISH ANAND In a fresh bid to revive the dying Yamuna, the Delhi government has come up with a novel proposal. It wants the upper riparian states -Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh -to ensure that the 22-km-long stretch of the river flowing through Delhi remains pollution-free. It has …
The Union environment ministry has proposed changes in the National Green Tribunal Bill that provides for a tribunal to decide on civil disputes relating to environment. One of the significant amendments proposed in the new draft is that decisions of the tribunal can be challenged in the Supreme Court; the …
Iron, Fluoride, Salinity, Arsenic Beyond Tolerance Levels In Many Districts: Govt New Delhi: Groundwater in more than a third of Indian districts is not fit for drinking. The government, in reply to a parliamentary question, admitted that iron levels in ground water are higher than those prescribed in 254 districts …
House full as Opposition legislators return Mining and its closure, rise in the cost of construction material, the impact on environment and the resulting rehabilitation and restoration plan dominated question hour discussion in the assembly today. It was full house with the suspension of members of the Opposition benches revoked. …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 1:08 IST The tussle over the genetically-modified brinjal, also known as Bt brinjal, between the various lobbies in the government may turn more complicated, as a Parliament Standing Committee representing various political parties is likely to disapprove of the introduction of Bt …
Friends-Turned-Foes Queer The Pitch; Main Opposition Wants Bill To Resemble Price Anderson Act Amita Shah & Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI THE Congress may be celebrating its success in passing the women
Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Replying to a query in Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the matter of jumbo deaths has been taken with the Railways Ministry and the respective state …
HOW CAN A LOWLY VEGETABLE BE AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY? IS THERE A FOREIGN HAND IN YOUR BELLY? SHOMA CHAUDHURY LAYS BARE THE COMPLEX STORY OF Bt BRINJAL AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU THE lowly brinjal you have always known turning into a sci-fi gizmo — with an uncharted …
Beleaguered climate scientist Phil Jones from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, yesterday answered his critics during questions from a British parliamentary committee.
