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 …
EDUCATION GUARANTEE SCHEME It was launched on January 1, 1997, under the Rajiv Gandhi Prathmik Shiksha Mission. Any village in the state that does not have a primary school within a radius of I km is guaranteed a school within 90 days of applying. The criteria is that there should …
The media has hailed Digvijay Singh's victory but it is spreading another myth because it is ignorant about rural problems: that Digvijay Singh strengthened the Panchayatl Rai system. On the contrary, in many cases, Singh strengthened the people directly over and above the elected sarpanches. This increased the accountability of …
You hold three things responsible for your election victory: price rise, poor performance of the BJP government at the Centre, and devolution of power to the people in MP. How much did the third factor contribute? Though it is difficult to assess, it definitely contributed in a very substantial way. …
THE Union ministry for environment and forests held an independent probe into the controversial dinner hosted by the Telugu Desam Party members near Hyderabad. According to the findings, meat of wild animals is commonly served in some areas of Andhra Pradesh. This particular dinner was organised to celebrate state irrigation …
ON 27 October, a new government came to power in Germany. For the first time, the Green Party is a part of it on the national level. In Germany, where the political system is fairly stable and many obstacles prevent a new party from gaining influence, the Green Party is …
There are two areas which could create differences among Ger- many's coalition partners -the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party. • Petrol prices: The Greens have called for a tripling of the gasoline prices (to US $3 per litre) to cut down on the carbon emissions. The revenue from …
At the time of going to press, Anna Hazare was released from jail. The Maharashtra government ordered his release after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray wrote in the Sena mouthpiece, Saamna, that the government should find a way to release the social activist.
Why did you make allegations against Babanrao Gholap when you did not have substantial evidence? I spoke against Gholap in the interest of society. Somebody has to take the initiative to fight against corruption. I deliberately did it to arouse mass consciousness against corruption. I had evidence against the minister, …
IN A rare display of solidarity, politicians and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have joined hands in expressing support for Anna Hazare. On September 10, Hazare was sentenced by the Mumbai metropolitan court to three months simple imprisonment in connection with a defamation suit filed by Maharashtra social welfare minister Babanrao Gholap. …
THE Supreme Court has given short shrift to the Sahib Singh government of Delhi. After the court had ordered the phasing out of 15-year-old commercial vehicles, the Delhi government had requested the court to give it more time. But the real reason was not that the government could not implement …
How do you propose to address the issue of drinking water now that your party is in power? The question is not just how we can address the issue. We should consider why we have such a situation. Earlier, no one bothered about water as it was easily available. It …
the series of nuclear tests conducted by India in the last fortnight have proved one point. That given a strong political commitment, India has the ability to prove its prowess and stand up to the rest of the world. The Indian scientific establishment today feels confident that it does not …
Now that the country has a government, we need to ask ourselves the question: Are we going to get a government which will govern? Given that the elections were fought largely on the basis of politics related to casteism, communalism and regionalism, it is hard to imagine that all our …
There is something seriously wrong with the mindset of India's bureaucrats. The Centre for Science and Environment had made a complaint to the Election Commis-sion that the manner in which the Bhartiya Janata Party (bjp) government in Delhi had given in to the Congress (i) antics on the phasing out …
a few days before the United Front (uf) common programme was to be released, the Union minister for environment and forests, Saifuddin Soz, in an interview told Down to Earth that the uf has a separate section on the environment. However, the common programme and the joint policy declaration of …
The manner in which the Congress- i has used the forthcoming elections to curry favour with autorickshaw owners by organising them to oppose the bjp -led Delhi government's proposal to stop all commercial vehicles which are 15 years old or more from April 1, 1998 shows that India's politicians will …
World Wide Fund for Nature (India) ( wwf-i ), has released a "Green Charter' urging all political parties to include issues pertaining to environment and development in their election manifesto for the forthcoming general elections. The charter makes several demands: achieving development with equity, alleviation of poverty by meeting the …
On the beginning of the world's first green party: It all began in 1970. The Tasmanian government had decided to build a major power station which would have drowned the magnificent Lake Peddar. The campaign against the government's decision was started by a group of Tasmanian environmentalists who contested the …
