Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 02/05/2025. Pursuant to the tribunal order dated April 24, 2025, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) informed the court that as per …
Shimoga, a small city in Karnataka celebrated car free day on October 6, 2001. This is the first instance that any Indian city has celebrated car free day, which has been taken up as an initiative in several European cities to reduce car use and thus reduce vehicular air pollution …
The entire transgenic cotton episode has exposed the weak underbelly of the government. Dragging its feet on a crucial issue has now landed the authorities in an inextricable mess. And has brought the world crashing around the poor farmers. It simply shows that not only can the powers that be …
like the notorious sandalwood smuggler, Veerappan, the Karnataka government's promised reforms in sandalwood trade also remain elusive. On August 4, 2001, the Karnataka legislative assembly passed amendments to its forest act, supposedly deregularising the sandalwood trade. The state government ostensibly claims to have lifted government monopoly over sandalwood trade and …
Three well-known hospitals of Karnataka have been served closure notices by the state pollution control board (SPCB), for failing to comply with the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules. Victoria, Vani Vilas and Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) are the three hospitals that have been served the notice. "The hospitals are …
Early this month, the Karnataka legislative assembly passed the much-awaited legislation to deregulate the sandalwood business, by lifting government monopoly over sandalwood. The Karnataka Forest (Amendment) Bill, 2001 will now allow cultivation of sandal trees in private lands and the government will also revise its cost. The Bill comes as …
Madhavappa owns a farm just a kilometre from the boundary of the famous Bandipur Project Tiger Reserve close to Hangala, a largish village in the Chamrajnagara district of Karnataka. On this he cultivates ragi or finger millet. I met him in this field where his young relative was killed the …
there is no doubt that state pollution control boards ( spcb s) in India have failed to enforce environmental regulations, monitor and control pollution. A recent review of the spcb s conducted by the Programme Evaluation Organisation ( peo ) at the instance of Planning Commission corroborates this fact. peo …
------------------------------------------------KEYA ACHARYAthe lack of knowledge on hospital waste management stems right from India's ministerial level, but Karnataka's minister of health and family welfare, Malakka Reddy, is ready to listen. "Most of our incinerators are not working. We have no dumpsites or trained personnel. Please advise us,' was his request to …
Nineteen soil profiles representing seven soil series with sixteen mapping units were collected, described and mapped at Indian Institute of Spices Research, Cardamom Research Centre, Appangala, Madikeri, Karnataka for evaluating their suitability for cardamom cultivation. Soil and site properties such as climate, depth and the soils were assessed for growing …
goa' s rivers criss-crossing the picturesque state lie neglected and almost forgotten today. And campaigners working to highlight the importance of the local riverine network say it's high time that these rivers are given a fresh lease of life. There are nine rivers in Goa namely Terekhol, Chapora, Baga, Mhadei, …
tamil nadu was once a dream state for those wishing to run a wind energy project in India. Not any more. Earlier, a set of economic incentives and quick processing of projects ensured private parties came in droves to invest in the wind energy projects. The initiative taken in yester …
G lobal trade in coarse grains in 1995 was to the magnitude of about 132 metric tonnes (mt) and is projected to rise to 175 mt by 2005. About 80-85 per cent of this export originates from industria lised countries, where coarse grains are cultivated for animal feed. In Japan, …
That they are called coarse grains summarises their present status in Indian society. Go anywhere in the country, and you will see a marked inferiority accorded to
the Delhi assembly passed the Right to Information Bill 2001, which proposes to bring about more transparency in governance, on April 9. "The bill seeks to provide each citizen the right to information,' said Sheila Dixit, Delhi's chief minister. But this right is subjected to certain conditions
karnataka's new biotech policy has kept its date with its promotional word. The state's first international biotech trade fair and conference was recently held in Bangalore with much pomp and fanfare and attended by a high-powered group of biotechnocrats, politicians and bigwigs from the corporate world. Of the 56 companies …
the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, may soon be amended. On March 8, 2001, the Nuclear Power Corporation, that owns all the nuclear power plants in India, gave a contract to Power Finance Corporation, a public sector undertaking, to suggest amendments to this act, thus facilitating private participation in the Kaiga …
the Karnataka government has recently launched an ambitious plan that aims at making the state the most attractive investment destination for multinational biotech firms. "Bangalore is already termed as the infotech city of the country. We now aim to make it the biotech city,' said S M Krishna, the state's …
Past experiences have shown that centralized management of natural resources, based on a culture of exclusion and rules, has not contributed to the sustainable management of natural resources. This important realization has led to a series of policy changes in the recent past that provides an ever-widening democratic space to …
