Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
New Delhi: The likelihood of a below-normal monsoon; temperature above 40 degrees Celsius for the next couple of months; a large population and limited sources of water are making Delhi desperate for its share from Munak Canal. Having spent almost Rs 1,800 crore on the construction of the canal and …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of S.Rajaseekaran Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 22/04/2014 regarding road accidents in India. The petitioner has set out detailed statistics published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in the volume “Road Accidents in India 2010” …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Reliance Industries Ltd. & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/03/2014 regarding the policy-New Exploration and Licensing Policy. Under NELP, certain blocks of hydrocarbon reserves were offered for exploration, development and production to private contractors under the …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Safai Karamchari Andolan & Ors Versus Union of India & Ors dated 27/03/2014 regarding manual scavenging. The writ petition was filed by the petitioners as a Public Interest Litigation under Article 32 of the Constitution of India praying for …
India is beset with a huge coal shortage that is affecting its power production, necessitating coal imports and increasing its trade deficit. This report analyzes the causes leading to the shortage and the Government's response to it. It concludes that the primary causes for the shortage are four-fold: one, the …
Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Managing DIrector, India- Dassault Systemes “Our manufacturing sector has been facing many challenges and its growth has been stagnant. It is heartening to see the emphasis this vote on account puts on the criticality of manufacturing for the Indian economy. If the manufacturing sector has to contribute …
Interim Budget 2014-2015 - Speech of P. Chidambaram. In the speect he stated that "The Global Risks 2014 report has mapped 31 global risks. Of highest concern are ten risks that include fiscal crisis, structurally high unemployment or underemployment, income disparity, governance failure, food crisis, and political and social instability. …
The Budget documents presented to Parliament comprise, besides the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech, the following: Annual Financial Statement (AFS); Demands for Grants (DG); Appropriation Bill; Finance Bill; Memorandum Explaining the Provisions in the Finance Bill, 2014; Macro-economic framework for the relevant financial year; Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement for the financial …
The Ministry of Finance has issued an Economic and Functional Classification of the Central Government Budget 2013-14. Since 1957-58, the Economic Division of the Ministry of Finance has been preparing an economic classification of the Central Government budgetary transactions to make the budget a more useful tool of economic analysis. …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana government on an application to take immediate and adequate steps to prescribe stringent emission standards for both petrol and diesel vehicles to control and reduce air pollution and protect the health and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prafulla Samantara Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 24/01/2014 stating that POSCO "would not carry on tree cutting/felling in the forest area" till the Odisha government gives forest clearance. NGT order further states that the "approval of the Central …
PUNE: The Union government has unveiled new policy guidelines for major ports, aimed at helping them leverage their land resources for commercial advantage. Participating in the 'Ports in India' annual conference in Mumbai, Shipping secretary Vishwapati Trivedi said the new guidelines provide necessary regulatory framework for land allotment by major …
If her detractors accused Jayanthi Natrajan of sitting on files pertaining to her ministry, her successor M Veerappa Moily is a man on the move in the union ministry of environment and forest. And this he has done so despite being in charge of "heavy ministry" that his other current …
The Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 seeks to provide for the establishment of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for related matters.
The Centre has issued guidelines for food safety and hygiene to prevent contamination of supplementary nutrition provided to pregnant women and children under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. The guidelines, issued by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, bars anganwadi workers and helpers from wearing nail polish, …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and IGL on a petition filed by an association of bus operators challenging the recent CNG price hike in the capital. Simultaneously, the newly formed AAP government too moved court, to get ‘impleaded’ as a party to …
A Bill to provide for the establishment of a body of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This document contains the text of the Bill as passed by Lok Sabha …
Affidavit filed in the High Court of Madras by P. Sundararajan regarding the Southern Zone of the National Green Tribunal which has taken suo motu action against the Union of India, State of Tamil Nadu as well as other public and private sector undertakings.
Read minutes of an important meeting held on 25 Nov 2013, in which Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) recommended a phase-out and ban of the use of plastic / PET containers in liquid oral formulations for primary packaging of paediatric formulations as well as formulations meant for geriatrics, women in …
