Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand (WPPIL No. 202 OF 2024 with WPPIL NO.174 OF 2024) in the matter of mining operations in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The order was passed by the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court Guhanathan Narendar and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari. In compliance with the …
This brief status report of human rights in India gives a general overview of the most critical human rights issues in India today. It has been drafted by the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR), a platform of some of Inida’s important human rights groups, …
Some states have banned mechanised mining, but the mafia is not ready to obey. Illegal mining is hollowing the riverbed putting at risk the stability and ecology of rivers. This special report in Down To Earth examines the murky business of sand mining. Where there is a river, there is …
Shows cold response to recommendations on curbing illegal mining of iron, manganese THE UNION Ministry of Mines has responded coldly to the recommendations of the M B Shah Commission on curbing illegal mining of iron and manganese ores. In its response, filed in December last year, the ministry also seemed …
GoM headed by Pranab accepted Ashok Chawla committee report in October 2011 Notwithstanding frequent criticism by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on lack of transparency in allocation of natural resources, the Manmohan Singh government continues to sit tight on the reforms suggested by the Ashok Chawla committee which include …
Jaipur: The state government would soon come up with a new policy for construction of roads, minister for public works department (PWD) Bharat Singh announced in the assembly on Thursday. The present policy has been there since 1994. The minister also announced to connect nearly 3,000 villages, which could not …
Company withdraws amid allegations of favouritism shown by Narendra Modi govt to the firm. Little-known Mumbai-based Swan Energy (SEL) has pulled out of the 700-MW gas-based power project, in Gujarat, after being caught in a political firestorm over alleged largesse bestowed on it by the state government firms. SEL signed …
Bhubaneswar: Alleging large scale irregularities in the implementation of the Centre’s flagship programme, Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the state, the Opposition on Wednesday demanded that the Odisha government should extend the ongoing CBI probe to all the remaining 26 districts. However, rejecting the Opposition allegation, …
New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday filed the third chargesheet in the multicrore National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) scam before a special court for alleged irregularities in purchase of computers and peripherals in Uttar Pradesh under the centrally sponsored scheme. The agency has charged the managing director of Uttar Pradesh …
BHUBANESWAR: Opposition members on Wednesday staged a walkout demanding extension of the CBI probe into large-scale irregularities in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to all the 30 districts. The issue cropped up during discussion on the admissibility of an adjournment motion notice given by …
A Bill to re-enact the law to provide for establishment of an independent body of Himachal Lokayukta to inquire into complaints and allegations of corruption against public servants and public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
New Delhi A 17% cut in the budgetary allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for FY13 is a fallout of successive years of poor expenditure by states and allegations of diversion and misappropriation of funds. “Considering that states have not been able to spend the …
New Delhi Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed trimming the government's subsidy burden and called for speeding the pace of economic reforms, which have been stalled by political gridlock, in his Union Budget 2012-13 speech on Friday. High oil prices have swelled India's subsidy burden to roughly 2.5 percent of GDP …
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, presenting the 2012 budget on Friday said the growth of the Indian economy, estimated at 6.9 per cent during this fiscal year, was “disappointing”. “The global crisis has affected us. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) was expected to grow at 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, after …
‘But cumbersome anti-graft apparatus can delay decisions' With a slew of scams vitiating the government's policy-making environment and holding up reforms, the Economic Survey 2011-12 on Thursday advocated need for a ruthless crackdown on corruption, but cautioned that a large and cumbersome anti-corruption bureaucracy could impact decision-making. “While we need …
Threatening to launch a “big protest” for a strong Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Friday said the government will have to go if it does not bring a strong anti-corruption law. He said he will campaign for a strong Lokpal Bill till the next Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and …
A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper. The Government has decided to act tough with 14 companies which did not commission their solar power projects in time. NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), the power trading arm of the state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation, penalised them by …
A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper. The Government has decided to act tough with 14 companies which did not commission their solar power projects in time. NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), the power trading arm of the state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation, penalised them by …
JAIPUR: The state government on Tuesday introduced the online application system for obtaining document of land records for farmers. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot launched the web portal of the project during the inauguration. Under the new system, farmers in the state can visit to the Rajiv Gandhi Vikas Kendra (RGVK) …
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister and also Finance Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday presented a budget of Rs 42380.68 crore for the fiscal 2012-13 with an estimated deficit of Rs 293.44 crore and without any proposal for fresh tax. Presenting the budget at Assam Assembly Gogoi painted a rosy puctire of …
Team Anna on Friday demanded enactment of a stringent law to protect whistleblowers and asked the government to ensure adequate security for those fighting against corruption after a 30-year-old IPS officer was brutally killed allegedly by a mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh. “Strong whistleblower protection law is needed, not the …
