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 …
Parliament would be discussing the issue of climate change weeks ahead of a crucial meeting in the Copenhagen to decide ways and means to tackle the phenomenon of global warming. A special discussion has been scheduled in the Lok Sabha for Thursday where the government is expected to state its …
Following the cancellation of the Question Hour on Monday due to the absence of MPs who were scheduled to ask questions, an angry Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is writing to leaders of all political parties expressing her annoyance at the development. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, too, has asked for …
A delegation of Indian parliamentarians would accompany environment minister Jairam Ramesh to the UNFCCC climate change summit at the Copenhagen beginning from December 7. Mr Ramesh on Monday informed five MPs from various political would be attending the summit. "Parliamentarians including BJP's Murali Manohar Joshi, CPI(M)Sitaram Yechury, BJP MP Bhartruhari …
INDIA and the US are likely to finalise an agreement on reprocessing of spent fuel within a week or so with negotiators narrowing differences down to one remaining issue. National Security Advisor M K Narayanan revealed that both sides have reached the final stage of negotiating the reprocessing agreement, which …
The government is to introduce in the winter session of Parliament legislation to give effect to a suggestion made by the Supreme Court over the years: establishment of
Jairam Defends Flexibility On Climate Talks The Opposition on Tuesday cornered environment minister Jairam Ramesh in Rajya Sabha on his controversial stance on climate change being at variance with India
Days before the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, India on Tuesday reiterated that it would not accept a legally binding emission cut as part of any international agreement.
BARELY hours after the Rajya Sabha witnessed skirmishes between the members of the Opposition over the Liberhan Commission report, they joined ranks to put the government on the mat on the issue of climate change. In a calling attention motion in the Rajya Sabha, members expressed their anxiety about perceived …
Kamal Narang Green trends: Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, flanked by Dr Vijay Kelkar, Chairman, 13th Finance Commission, and Dr R.K. Pachauri, TERI Director-General, during the release of the
The government will try to pass the National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009, in the current Parliament session. The Bill aims at establishing an autonomous tribunal, independent of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), for environmental clearance of development projects and providing relief and compensation to people affected by natural …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: Stressing the importance of changes in the system of governance in the area of environment protection, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the government would try to get the National Green Tribunal Bill passed in the current session of Parliament itself. Stating that the …
New Delhi: Pushed to the backfoot by Opposition protests, the Centre on Thursday blinked and announced it would roll back the controversial clause in the sugarcane-related amendments which shifted the financial burden of sugar mills on to state governments. Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee told an all-party meeting …
The Cabinet today cleared the text of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, listed for introduction in the Winter Session of Parliament that commenced today. The passage of the Bill is important for India to move forward on the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement that fructified last year after …
New Delhi: The UPA government has listed the Resettlement and Rehabilitation bill and Land Acquisition Amendment bill for introduction in the winter session of Parliament starting on Thursday, a move sure to test its will to skirt around protests from Trinamool Congress. The two bills had to be put off …
The Centre is learnt to be gearing up to bring the Land Acquisition Bills in Parliament during the winter session next month, which could lead to another face-off with Trinamool Congress chief and Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee who is known to be opposed to the proposed legislations. Sources said …
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday said a proposal for setting up an autonomous National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) has been put in public domain with the idea to create a mechanism that would be responsible for monitoring and compliance of environmental …
OPPOSING the current land acquisition practice is not just rhetoric for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. To bring her ministry in line with her political position on the issue, it has been decided that there would be no forceful acquisition of land for railways. She has also promised to undertake …
