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. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Saloni Singh & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 27/10/2014 regarding the problem of human evacuation and waste dumping along the tracks.
The Odisha Government asked Collectors of all 21 districts to identify government and waste land to the tune of 50,000 acres for accommodating in-coming industries. The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) also asked Collectors to identify additional 1,00,000 acres for undertaking compensatory afforestation. “The creation of land bank is …
In an order with far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled all but four of the 218 coal block allocations declared arbitrary and illegal by it in an August 25 judgment. The decision comes as a windfall for the government as the court has ordered the owners of the …
The Supreme Court on 24 September 2014 cancelled 214 of the 218 coal blocks allotted by different central governments since 1993 terming these allocations illegal. But four coal blocks allocated to public sector units -- SAIL, NTPC and two for Ultra Mega Power Projects – were spared from de-allocation. Read …
The Supreme Court recently termed all captive coal blocks allocated by the government from 1993 to 2010 illegal. A verdict on their future is likely this week. What might be the cost implication if the court decided to cancel the blocks? The then central government had last year told the …
The draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for Kochi Corporation area and Maradu municipalities will be put out for public hearing next week. The Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority has initiated the series of public hearings with a one-day session at Kollam on Thursday. The draft plans were prepared according …
After a series of irregularities in the allotment of government land and houses and illegal encroachment of government land came to light affecting the government’s image, the State government has finally decided to bring in two new legislations to prevent land grabbing and encroachment. The State government is working on …
The stunning disclosure on undervaluation of bauxite deposits in Visakhapatnam by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in its latest report is bound to cast its shadow on the State government’s decision to undertake bauxite mining. Though Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had expressed his resolve last month to …
The Government left it to the Supreme Court to do what it thought best about the 218 illegal coal block allocations, including 40 operational blocks, and said it was “not insisting on any particular course of action”. The Ministry of Coal filed an affidavit on Monday, signalling the Supreme Court …
This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of the observations arising out of Performance Audit of "Functioning of the Directorate of Mines & Geology" in Andhra Pradesh. The report has been laid on the table of the State Legislature Assembly on 06-09-2014. The cases …
In a pragmatic move, the Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court it had no problem with cancelling all extant coal mine leases among the 218 ones declared illegal by the court last week and that it was willing to auction these blocks afresh. But the government pleaded that it …
Judgment covers 1993-2010 period; final view on projects' fate on Sep 1 The Supreme Court on Monday held as illegal all coal blocks allocated by the Union government between 1993 and 2010. It said a final decision on the fate of the blocks would be taken on September 1. Questioning …
In a move that could either derail large investments in steel and power or help clean up the process of allocation of natural resources, the Supreme Court on Monday declared as illegal all coal mines allocated since 1993, including those allocated to central and state PSUs. While the allotments have …
Revenue-earning scheme conceived in 2008 After several failed attempts to establish a water bottling unit at Aruvikkara, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has initiated the process yet again. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) made certain adverse remarks on the water utility’s failure to take the project to its logical …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on planning and implementation of transmission projects by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd and Grid Management by Power System Operation Corporation Ltd has been laid on the table of the Parliament on 04.08.2014. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Report No. 1 of 2014) on Revenue and Social and Economic Sector (PSUs) for the year ended 31st March 2013, has been laid on the table of the Parliament on 1st August, …
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Report No. 2 of the year 2014) on Social, General and Economic Sectors (Non - Public Sector Undertakings) for the year ended 31st March 2013, has been laid on the table of the …
ICDS programme has not been implemented across the State At a time when several dozens deaths are reported from the closed and sick tea gardens of north Bengal, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has criticised the State Government for the poor implementation of Integrated …
Budget Overshoots Estimates By Nearly Rs 70,000Cr A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has found the structural strength of 348 large dams suspect as they have not been inspected for over a decade. This is despite the fact that the government spent Rs 70,000 crore more than the estimates, …
Investigation found no unit had been set up to monitor water quality in Odisha The Comptroller and Auditor General of India said 1.80 lakh people were forced to consume unsafe water supplied under 73 rural schemes due to the absence of a facility to test its quality in Odisha. According …
