Affidavit on behalf of Union Territory of Puducherry in the matter of a news item titled "India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000 Global Forest Watch" which appeared in the Indian Express, April 13, 2024. The report dated April 25, 2025 said that there is no loss …
“Revenue officials hand-in-glove with sand mafia in Villianur”. The Village People Protection Movement on Tuesday demanded a CBI probe into alleged corruption among a section of the Villianur revenue and administration department officials for conniving in illegal sand mining activity along the Sangarabarani river. “Sand worth Rs 20 crore is …
Three high-level committees, private consultancy giving shape to it The Puducherry landscape might soon be dotted with solar-powered households, government buildings and public lighting under a plan to make this grid-lined former French enclave a ‘solar city.’ The ‘solar city’ initiative, spearheaded by the Renewable Energy Agency of Puducherry (REAP) …
PUDUCHERRY: A water users' forum has taken a strong exception to the Puducherry government's decision to provide house sites to the Scheduled Tribe people by converting lands classified as ponds, irrigation channels and community forests. An RTI query filed by the Bangaaru Vaickal Neeraadhara Koottamaippu revealed that the government had …
Environment engineer of the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee N. Ramesh has won the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (IGPP) for his efforts to improve the environment in and around his village of Pillayarkuppam off the Cuddalore Main Road. The award, instituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, is given to …
Puducherry has filed the present petition under Demand Side Management Programme for seeking approval of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Goa and Union Territories for implementation of Demand Side Management (DSM) based Efficient Lighting Program (DELP) in UT of Puducherry.
Puducherry citizens inspired to reclaim its beaches: Chief Secretary. In the environment movement, more time is being spent on identifying the problems and not enough on governance and improving the decision making, said Sunita Narain, Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment (India). Now, everyone whether they are …
The South Asia convention on Coastal Management convention jointly organised by Centre for Science and Environment and Pondicherry-based PondyCAN identified the need for the South Asian countries to share experiences and approaches and the need to learn from each other. RELATED CONTENT A toolkit for integrating disaster risk reduction and …
In an attempt to put an end to rapid human-induced sea erosion that is plaguing a number of areas on the eastern coastline, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) here has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to convene a meeting of Member Secretaries of the Coastal Zone Management …
New Delhi : Karnataka has topped the first ever ranking of state governments on the basis of their performance and implementation of the midday meal scheme with a total score of 77.79 per cent, followed by Punjab (76.81 per cent), Daman & Diu (71.40 per cent) and Himachal Pradesh (71.31 …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Wednesday restrained Chemfab Alkalis Ltd., Kalapet, Puducherry, from carrying on any construction activity for expanding its production capacity and directed the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee to ensure that the unit not be operated without consent and clearances. Passing an interim order on an …
Continuous measurement of GHGs in India - A presentation by N.K. Indira, P.S. Swathi. B.C. Bhatt, Dorairaj, R. Kirubagaran and V.K. Gaur at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
About 13.3 per cent of youth in the country are unemployed according to the third annual employment and unemployment survey report conducted by the Labour Bureau of the Union Ministry of Labour and Unemployment. Interestingly, the highest unemployment percentage is among graduates, which is around 14 per cent, while there …
While U.P. accounts for the highest number, no headway in data on foreign nationals. Three months after the Uttarakhand floods, the State Missing Cell on Tuesday stated 4,083 persons were still missing, with people from Uttar Pradesh accounting for the highest number — 1142. According to Ajay Kumar Pradyot, Secretary …
New Delhi: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a countrywide venture to build a chemical library with diverse compounds that will successfully drive drug discovery programmes, particularly for neglected diseases like tuberculosis and malaria. CSIR had launched …
The Puducherry government has submitted before the Madras High Court that it has cancelled the agreements with private partners to develop a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Sedarapet-Karasur in the Union Territory. The submission was made when two writ petitions by joint venture partners of the project seeking a direction …
The formulation of a new Industrial Policy with the goal to create a pollution-free, less water intensive and employment-oriented sustainable industrial growth has been engaging the attention of the Government for quite some time. Accordingly a draft Industrial Policy 2012 had been formulated and notified vide No.026800/DID (Ind. & Com.)/2012-A, …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said the Union Territory of Puducherry and the Pondicherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation Limited (PIPDIC) had lost an opportunity to obtain power at a reasonable cost due to hasty and irregular selection of a private partner and because of their …
The government has constituted a State Level Advisory Body to monitor the implementation of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011. The constitution of the advisory body with the local administration department secretary as its chairman has been notified by the government early this month, said official sources. The …
Riding a bicycle seems to be a thrilling quest. When a boy learns it thoroughly he thinks that he is the “hero” of his street. He rides from one street to another and knows almost all the shortcuts of his area like the back of his hands. It is a …
Despite the ban and repeated raids, use of plastic still rampant. Though there is a ban on non-biodegradable plastic in Puducherry, the lack of effective enforcement mechanism has failed to take forward the well-intended ban. Considering the rampant use of plastics, the territorial administration had enforced a ban on sale …
