Report filed by the Additional Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the report dated 26.06.2023 received from Hon’ble Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai on the Present Status of Waste dump site at Cubaloor in Mangalpady Panchayat, Kasargod District, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunita Devi Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/09/2013 regarding unlawful mining activities being carried out outside the mining lease area.
Analysing the problem-ridden process of implementing the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Odisha, this paper points out that it has focused more on providing land rights to individual claimants, neglecting community forest rights, the rights in protected areas, and other such provisions. Even so, the number of titles granted to …
Amended measure, passed in the Rajya Sabha, will go back to the Lok Sabha Braving a record number of adjournments on the issue of coal scam and the demand for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s resignation, the government succeeded in getting the crucial Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in …
The Goa government had earmarked Rs 35 cr for the scheme under the current financial year. The Goa government has approved an infrastructure upgradation scheme which provides Rs 1 crore each for village panchayats to provide basic social services to citizens. The Goa cabinet approved the scheme today, which was …
Voicing his opposition to the proposed garbage treatment plant at Bainguinim, St Andre MLA Vishnu Wagh on Monday asked the State government to declare the area as heritage site to prevent any project in future. Wagh was addressing the panchas from Tiswadi, especially from Cumbharjua, St Andre and St Cruz …
By suggesting that even coal extraction falls within provisions of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and its specifi c provision of access and benefi t-sharing, the Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board has raised important questions relating to the interpretation of the law. While the principle of profit sharing from commercial …
The Standing Committee on Rural Development (2012-2013) present the Forty-Second Report on Implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development).
In 2009, the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme was modified as the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) with major emphasis on ensuring sustainability of water availability in terms of potability, adequacy, convenience, affordability and equity, on a sustainable basis, while also adopting decentralized approach involving PRIs and community organizations. …
Water contamination in flood-affected panchayats of Abujhmarh in Narainpur district of south Chhattisgarh may result in a huge death toll, it is feared. The secretary of one of the affected panchayats, Kamluram Netam, has told journalists of Narainpur that several panchayats of the area are “severely affected and the death …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has announced a fine of Rs 1 lakh on those found polluting Beas river and its tributaries, Kullu deputy commissioner Rakesh Kanwar said in a meeting with other district officials on Thursday. Kanwar said NGT orders would be enforced strictly and violators would be penalised …
Starting Thursday, for a week the Perur Town Panchayat will involve the town’s residents in solid waste management by encouraging them to segregate the waste they generate. And if they do so, they will get a prize. The top 10 residents from each of the 15 wards will get a …
The environment and forests ministry Monday introduced in the Rajya Sabha major amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 that seek heavier penalties to check wildlife-related crimes and aim to make Indian laws consistent with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The Wildlife …
The government has sanctioned Rs 4.60 crore for the renewal of the Kot-Dehra-Hatwaad drinking water supply scheme to remove water scarcity in the area. This was stated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) (Forests and Fisheries) Rajesh Dharmani, while addressing a plant distribution campaign under Haryaali Programme at Kot village, 55 …
The Uguem gram sabha on Sunday resolved to ask the Goa State Pollution Control Board to take cognizance of the alleged dust and air pollution caused by a plant at Xelpem. The gram sabha members alleged that due to the operation of the plant, which is in close vicinity of …
Even as Vedanta Resources mining plans in the Niyamgiri hills hang fire, a look at the Forest Rights Act and the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, or PESA, of 1996, show the necessity of prior recommendation from gram sabhas or the panchayats before grant of licence or mining …
The tribals of Niyamgiri hills on Monday unanimously rejected the proposal of bauxite mining in the seventh gram sabha held at Phuldumer village in Kalahandi district. The vote of the Dangaria, Kutia and Jharnia tribes against mining in the hills was a major jolt to the Vedanta Company which had …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains the results of performance audit of implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The performance audit covered the period …
Kullu, July 22: Villagers of Balh and Mahol gram panchayats recently held a protest on the National Highway against the faulty integrated waste management and treatment plant. They said it had become a health and environmental hazard, spreading stench and noxious gases in surrounding villages on the banks of the …
As many as 13 panchayat presidents from Vellore district received the ‘Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ award. The award is given by President of India to the presidents of panchayats that did well in maintaining hygiene in their respective villages by operating women sanitary complexes well, preventing open area defecation, maintaining school …
