Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
In its interim report, the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee has unanimously recommended a 10-year moratorium on field trials of GM food crops Farmer community in Gujarat has raised objection to the union agriculture minister, Sharad Pawar's appeal to the state governments to permit field trials of genetically modified (GM) …
Pawar, Jairam agree on remaining details in land Bill, draft to go to Cabinet next month Acquisition of land for private purposes will require the consent of at least 80 per cent of the owners, is the almost-final decision of the group of ministers (GoM) tasked with recommending on this. …
The Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is learnt to have agreed for different criteria of “consent” of landowners for land acquisitions for government, private companies and PPP projects. This has come following an intervention by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Pawar is earlier learnt to have …
At the instance of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, changes have been introduced in the proposed draft Land Acquisition Bill. According to the revised draft, the consent of 80 per cent of the landowners has been made obligatory if it procured for private purposes. Earlier, the proposal was …
Almost three years after a genetically-engineered variety of brinjal (Bt brinjal) was put on indefinite hold — putting a question mark on the fate of genetically-modified crops in India — the government is making efforts make up for the time lost and put research in GM science back on track. …
The “Taste of India” has widened its frontiers even further. Having revolutionised the milk sector in many parts of the country, the owner of brand Amul, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), on Wednesday started operations on the country’s biggest dairy plant in Dharuhera in Haryana. This dairy …
The Bill will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament later this year Like the rest of corporate India, Larsen & Toubro Executive Chairman A M Naik will not be amused by the modified land acquisition Bill — Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill -- cleared by the …
Bill during winter session of Parliament; only two-thirds of landowners will have to agree before land can be acquired After three rounds of vigorous debate, a Group of Ministers has approved the controversial Land Acquisition Bill, with few changes from the version presented to the Union Cabinet last month. This …
New Delhi Nothwithstanding the thickening cloud of scandals around it, the UPA government is pressing ahead with its reforms agenda. A group of ministers (GoM) on Tuesday approved the long-pending land bill for Cabinet consideration after resolving disputes between ministries. As per the final draft, approval of two-third of land …
General agreement on most clauses, GoM to finalise loose ends in a few days The group of ministers (GoM) on the land acquisition Bill on Tuesday agreed to present the draft legislation before the Cabinet in two weeks. The GoM would go through some consultation and tying up of loose …
The new “investor-friendly” version of the controversial land Bill was today cleared by a group of ministers led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The consent of two-thirds of landowners would now be required for acquiring land for public-private-partnership (PPP) and private projects. According to sources, the revised version had no …
New Delhi: The government will have to secure the nod of two-thirds of landowners to acquire a patch of land for private/PPP projects while acquisition in tribal areas would be possible only with the approval of local institutions of self-governance. The enshrining of owners’ willingness to sell land forms a …
New Delhi The government has decided to stick to the new market-based formula for essential drugs. The formula was proposed by a group of ministers (GoM) headed by Sharad Pawar in the last week of September to fix prices of 348 drugs in the National List of Essential Medicines. The …
The monsoon was almost missing during June-July, the two crucial months of paddy transplantation, but Punjab is looking once again at reaping a record harvest. Since the green revolution of the 1960s, the area under paddy has touched nearly 28 lakh hectares and Punjab contributes about 135 lakh tonnes of …
Plunging groundwater level in western states prods crop scientists to suggest change. With reports of groundwater level going down in Punjab and Haryana, considered the rice bowl of India, scientists and analysts suggest its cultivation be shifted to eastern states which have better water resources. They say Punjab and Haryana …
Giving a pointer to the much-awaited Bill on land acquisition reforms, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said the government will not dilute the provisions which restrict the acquisition of multi-crop and single crop agricultural land for non-farming purposes. “We will ensure that acquisition of high-yielding farmland is not allowed …
The Central Group of Ministers (GoM) discussing the controversial Land Acquisition Bill failed to reach a consensus at its second meeting here on Monday, remaining divided on what percentage of landowners need to consent as well as if the Bill’s provisions should be applied retrospectively to ongoing acquisitions. “Two or …
GoM on Bill may meet again today to resolve issues including retrospective acquisition The group of ministers set up to resolve differences over the proposed Land Acquisition Bill failed to reach a consensus in its second meeting on Monday, spelling further delay in the landmark legislation. The GoM, headed by …
Says farmers suicides is a continuos problem Despite recurring droughts and floods in various parts of the country, because of changing climatic patterns, Indian agriculture is gradually developing a semblance of resistance to changing weather patterns. India’s total annual foodgrain production has seldom dropped below 200 million tonnes since 2005-06, …
The government should only in exceptional cases permit acquisition of farm land for non- agriculture purposes like setting up of industries and housing projects, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday. Mr. Pawar, who heads the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Land acquisition bill, said there is a pressure …
