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. …
Supreme Court in this 53-page verdict delivered on May 11, 2016 pulled up the government over a lack of preparedness for the drought which struck at least 10 states across the country. The apex court ordered creating a national plan to tackle the crisis, a disaster fund and standard procedures …
Indian government has come under fire after allocating 3.5 billion rupees ($52.8 million) for climate change adaptation over the next two financial years, a sum which environmental experts say is woefully inadequate given the size of the country and the challenges it faces. In a written response to a question …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gaurav Kumar Bansal Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/04/2016 regarding minimum standards of relief for victims of disaster. The petitioner submitted before the Apex Court that as per Section 11 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, a …
The central government is looking at lowering the age for scrapping old trucks and buses to 10 years from 15 years. A paper prepared by the road transport and highways ministry proposes scrapping commercial vehicles older than 10 years. The government could provide some incentive to owners to encourage them …
The Centre has given its clearance for four greenfield airports — three in Andhra Pradesh and an international airport at Dholera in Gujarat. A greenfield airport is a new airport which is constructed from the scratch as in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. “The site clearance, which is the first clearance, was …
Three decades after the Bhopal gas lead killed a few thousand people overnight, the struggle continues for its survivors. A number of issues concerning the survivors of the disaster, termed the biggest industrial accident in history, seemed close to resolution this year, but none was resolved.
The outrageous price rise of the 62-year-old drug, Daraprim (Pyrimethamine) has sent the United States medical fraternity into a dizzy. The price of the drug was raised from USD 13.50 to USD 750 per pill in just over a month. This obnoxious price rise of over 5,000% came after the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K. S. Puttaswamy Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/10/2015 regarding aadhaar card use for government schemes. The Apex Court in its Order stated that the "Aadhaar card Scheme is purely voluntary and it cannot be made …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Others Versus Union of India & Others dated 11/08/2015 regarding Aadhaar Card Scheme.
The Narendra Modi government is projecting its programme for issuance of Soil Health Cards (SHC) to farmers as a “flagship programme” but so far against a target of 84 lakh cards, only 34 lakh have been issued. Some of the States such as Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Mizoram, …
It was a government in retreat on Wednesday, as the Centre agreed to consider a demand from the States that they be allowed the flexibility to frame their own laws for land acquisitions or continue to look for a consensus on The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land …
The Union Cabinet is likely to approve the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) project on Thursday so that work can be awarded. This move has put the ongoing controversy between the Centre and Delhi government over the outstanding payment for increased land acquisition on the backburner. NHAI has already received dozens …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 07/07/2015. According to the Applicant, the State is under a constitutional duty in terms of Article 51A of the Constitution of India, to protect and improve the …
The Centre is considering a proposal to allow all mining engineers and geologists to prepare the mining plans of companies. At present, only an engineer with five years of experience in a supervisory capacity in the field of mining and with a Recognized Qualified Person (RQP) certificate from a state …
The Centre has so far transferred the environment clearance (EC) of 19 coal blocks out of approved 29 mines from the earlier allottees to the new successful bidders including JSW Steel, GMR Chhattisgarh Energy, Jaypee Cement and Ambuja Cements among others.In a bid to expedite operations from the recently allocated …
The Centre has asked nine state governments to expeditiously implement the Forest Rights Act, which recognizes the rights of scheduled tribes living in the forests for generations. Tribal Affairs Secretary Arun Jha has written to the Chief Secretaries of Bihar, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh …
The Centre will soon come up with an overhauled version of agriculture insurance scheme, which would be termed 'Agriculture Income Insurance Scheme' to ensure minimum income to farmers in case of crop loss. "To ensure at least minimum income to farmers, we will launch Agriculture Income Insurance Scheme next year," …
Delhi’s Food Safety Department has started lifting samples of health food, baby food and energy drinks of various brands for test-analysis as directed by the Central government. The move comes a few days after the Delhi government banned the sale of instant Maggi noodles. According to officials, the food samples …
The Centre today announced an additional amount of Rs 1,667 crore as part of the short-term relief and reconstruction measures for flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir. Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced the package while addressing a press conference in Delhi. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: "Last year, Rs 2,602 crore had …
The Modi government is set to launch a healthcare scheme for senior citizens as part of its social security initiative. Sources said the scheme would be funded through unclaimed deposits available with the government for which the law has already been amended as part of the Budget exercise. The amendment …
