Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The Haryana government recently announced that it would be mandatory for all NGOs in the state to have their individual websites by June 30 if they have to qualify for further grants. They will also have to put all relevant information online. On March 23, 2007, Kartar Devi, minister for …
A new procedure for conducting environmental impact assessment (eia), introduced in September 2006, is suffering from teething trouble. The September 2006 notification putting the new procedure in place was severely criticised by environmental groups for being a far more diluted version of the 1994 notification. The regulatory authorities, both at …
October 2006: BKU activists ruined a gm rice plot in Karnal's Rampura village (Haryana) alleging serious violations of biosafety regulations November 5, 2006: BKU alleged a similar violation in Gorakhpur district's Rudrapur village (Uttar Pradesh). The village panchayat registered a police complaint November 10, 2006: Tamil Nadu Farmers' Association uprooted …
Sand mines have definite impact on surface configuration and topography of the land. Small sized mines are prone to flooding and erosion and a permanent threat to the adjoining lands. While large sized sand mines by virtue of their size are less threatened by floods, rather these could play vital …
The polio outbreak that began in Moradabad district in western Uttar Pradesh is spreading. Cases have been confirmed in central Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and West Bengal, says the monthly report of Global Polio Eradication Initiative (gpei). India is now planning to conduct a more extensive immunisation campaign in November …
function table() { var popurl="image/20060930/43-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=575,height=500,scrollbars=yes") } It's been six months since the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) was launched. And now, the government and civil society organisations are at loggerheads over the "success' of the act. While government claims that nrega has achieved a success rate of over …
Farmers in Haryana have been persuaded to give up growing a lucrative crop because of the harm it causes to the earth. For the past six years, Jasbir Singh had been reaping rich benefits from saathi-a fast maturing and therefore lucrative variety of common paddy sown after the wheat harvest …
Indian agriculture is coming free of the traditional mandis, with the spread of credit to farmers, involvement of the corporate sector and futures commodity exchanges Indian agriculture is once again on the threshold of vast changes that could transform the nature of agricultural operations in the country over the next …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (nregs) aims to provide 100 days of guaranteed employment to every rural household at the minimum daily wage. But barely four months after its launch, it is running into problems If some states have seen a huge response to it, there have been few …
A paradigm shift appears to be occurring in the way policy-makers in India view agriculture: the focus is moving from increasing food grain production to ensuring farmers' welfare. The shift is evident in the draft National Policy for Farmers, prepared by the National Commission on Farmers (ncf) and submitted to …
"DUE to the illegal acts of persons like the convicts, the sex ratio is declining day by day in the country... The day is not far when there would be no girl child around." This grim warning was issued by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Faridabad on March 28 while sentencing …
• As many as 57 species of fish in Haryana have disappeared over the past four decades as a result of pollution and high siltation of rivers, a study found. • UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination strongly reprimanded the Botswana government over eviction of the Gana and …
The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Bill 2005 was introduced in Parliament in December 2005. If passed, Indian farmers could just become more bankable and financially secure. There are factors however, that threaten the gains. The bill recommends that warehouse receipts given to farmers while storing their agricultural produce be treated …
The question for consideration at this stage is whether the mining activity carried out in Villages Khori Jamalpur and Sirohi in District Faridabad in Haryana are in violation of the orders passed by this Court on 6th May, 2002. According to the State Government and leaseholders, the mining activity is …
The Supreme Court recently issued notices to the Union government and the Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments in response to a public interest petition. Filed by Neelambar Baba of Mathura and two others, the petition sought a halt to all illegal stone mining, crushing and blasting activities in the …
after satellite images being used in town planning, oceanography, military purposes and geographical information systems, the Agriculture Insurance Company (aic) has plans to use them to evaluate insurance claims against crop damage by farmers. aic will focus on wheat crop insurance, launching it in six districts of Haryana and Punjab. …
The Seeds Bill 2004, which aims to replace the Seeds Act, 1966, is with the Indian Parliament. It is a bone of contention. Between interests of farmers and the private seeds industry. Parliament’s standing committee on agriculture is looking into this bill, drawing widespread criticism for favouring the seed industry …
function table() { var popurl="images/20050531/37.htm" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=510,height=470,scrollbars=yes") } The Bhakra Nangal dam project is an icon. Policy-makers, media persons and even ordinary people very often credit it with bringing about the Green Revolution. The irrigation waters from the extensive canal network of the project situated on the river Sutlej in Himachal …
the Union government's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) recently permitted the cultivation of six genetically modified (gm) cotton varieties in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. These are mrc -6301 and mrc -6304 of the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Limited (mahyco), rch -134 and rch -138 of Coimbatore-based Rasi Seeds Private Limited …
