Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Naresh Vashisth Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2025. Issue raised in the application is encroachment of land of village Amer which comes under reserved forest and "Vankhand Amer-54 of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary." The Assistant …
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front had announced an indefinite siege of the Kerala state secretariat until the chiefminister owned responsibility for the "solar scam" and resigned. The calling off of this indefinitesiege within 30 hours raises a number of questions, including about the political conduct of …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Dr. Subramanian Swamy Vs Election Commission of India dated 08/10/2013 on incorporating a system of “paper trail/paper receipt” in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as a convincing proof that the EVM has rightly registered the vote cast by a …
India’s sheer size and poverty have meant that addressing the needs of its hundreds of millions of poor and vulnerable citizens has preoccupied Indian policymakers since independence. Unsurprisingly, the mix of strategies, the resulting policy instruments to undergird them and their relative effectiveness have been a matter of contentious debate.
The BJP has decided to bring a white paper on the 'state of water' in Delhi. The Chief Minister has been chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board for the last 15 years, but water supply is totally mismanaged. There are many instances of overcharging of billing while 40 per cent …
In the era of market economy, environmental issues along with governance assume a significant position in the context of depleting resources and growing needs of the people. Traditionally policy makers perceived environmental issues to be outside the ambit of governance. However, in recent times new areas of conflict are emerging …
If the Opposition parties co-operated with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the end to pass the long-pending Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha, it was because they had little choice, with the government posing it as the ultimate pro-poor measure. But the fact that the Opposition failed to …
NewDelhi:The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the food security bill, barely eight months ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election amid a fierce competition between Congress and the opposition to daub themselves in populist colours. Termed a “gamechanger” by UPA-2, the food security bill went through a protracted passage in …
Lucknow: Facing sharp criticism on the development front, the Samajwadi Party has given financial sanction to its ambitious multicrore-rupee ‘Naya Sawera Nagar Vikas Yojana’. The scheme seeks to upgrade the infrastructural facilities at the local bodies’ level. A budget of Rs 900 crore was proposed for making available funds to …
Suratgarh (Rajasthan), June 20: Slamming Opposition parties for creating hurdles in passing of the Food Security bill, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today accused them of creating instability in the country to grab power at any cost. “I would like to tell you that a few political parties are conspiring to …
New Delhi: Criticism that it is dragging its feet over welfare measures and the need to stamp its authorship over flagship programmes will see the cabinet considering an ordinance to implement the food security bill on Tuesday. The decision to take the ordinance route instead of considering a special session …
New Delhi: UPA entered the home stretch on Wednesday by making it clear that it was looking at passage of legislations crafted to provide food security, a huge jump in compensation for land acquired and implementation of direct benefits transfer scheme as its main ammunition for the 2014 battle. Congress …
Planning to corner the Opposition BJP on the issue of food insecurity in the country, the Congress Core Group met today to discuss ways of enacting the pending food security Bill ahead of the crucial General Election of 2014. A political decision on how to bring the pending draft Bill …
BJP, JD(U) now ask for leasing instead of takeover; Jairam, Sharad Yadav to discuss on Friday. The revised land acquisition Bill, which Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh wants to table in Parliament in the ongoing session, seems to face too many hurdles in the shape of objections from various opposition …
To speed up the process of consultations on the controversial Land Acquisition Bill and enact it in the current session of Parliament, the Centre today asked political parties to send in their suggestions by April 15, amid a standoff over demand from the Opposition to refer the proposed legislation to …
New Delhi: MPs united across party lines to express concern over pollution in the Yamuna after leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj raised the issue, saying the river had become thoroughly polluted despite thousands of crores being spent on cleaning it. Congress, BJP, SP, BSP and RJD members …
In the election year, the two main political parties in the city, ruling Congress and Opposition BJP, are looking to target two of the main problems that residents face — water shortage and its pollution. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, while laying the foundation stone for sewer rehabilitation at a Delhi …
The Opposition BJP today criticised Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly ignoring the Yamuna, saying that the pollution in the river had gone up several times in the past few years while the government "put its entire focus on corruption". "We have been raising this issue for the past 14 …
For those thinking of tailoring their vote in this weekend's state election around environmental policies - the World Wildlife Fund is providing a colour-coded rating of each of the major party's environmental strategies. Not surprisingly, The Greens score entirely, well, green. The Nationals barely register a rating in the green …
Keen to move ahead with the Land Acquisition Bill in the current Parliament session, parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath has called a meeting of political parties on Thursday to address the concerns raised over the proposed legislation. The major political parties, including the BJP, the Left, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, …
Populism knows no inflation. Three decades after the legendary N.T. Rama Rao swept to power on the promise of rice at Rs.2 a kilo for the poor, the N. Kiran Kumar Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh is providing it at a mere one rupee a kilo since January 16. The …
