Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrata Debnath Vs State of Tripura & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to a dumping ground of Agartala Municipal Corporation under the name of ‘Waste Processing Center’ with the object of processing waste materials and …
Forum of Regulators has stressed need for invoking existing regulations of imposing non-compliance charge Faced with the prospect of state distribution utilities not complying with renewable power obligation (RPO), Forum of Regulators (FOR), a representative body of Central and state regulators, has called for amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003, …
Abandoning its earlier stance, the country’s lone Left Front government in Tripura Wednesday decided to implement the food security act in the north eastern state. The state government had earlier said it could not implement the scheme because of the inadequate quantity of grains earmarked for Tripura under the central …
The Reang tribe in Tripura, which practised shifting cultivation and still does to an extent, faces serious problems with the state government implementing measures to turn them into settled cultivators. This essay points out that government programmes have widened social disparities among the Reangs and brought in alternatives that cannot …
While demanding food for all under National Food Security Act, Tripura has insisted to distribute other essential commodities including edible oil and pulses through Public Distribution System (PDS). Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanu Lal Saha reiterated the demand of universalisation of food at the Food Ministers’ conference in New …
Seeks answers from Petroleum Ministry on IPI, TAPI and India-Bangladesh-Myanmar gas pipeline. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has sought answers from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry over the inadequate progress made in execution of transnational pipeline projects including the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline, the TAPI gas pipeline and the …
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 …
The state-owned ONGC’s repeated dilly-dallying on supplying gas has delayed the state-run NEEPCO’s second biggest thermal power project in northeast India and resulted in huge losses, an official said Tuesday. The Rs.9.50 billion (nearly $150 million) power plant is being commissioned by the state-run North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) …
Tripura will emulate Rajasthan and provide non–branded generic medicines to people to cut costs in medical treatment, an official said on Monday. “By March next year, the Tripura government will provide generic medicines instead of branded medicines to people in all government hospitals,” health department director Satya Ranjan Debbarma told …
Two–and–a–half months after President Pranab Mukherjee dedicated ONGC’s first 726 MW mega power project in Tripura to the nation, commercial generation is yet to begin due to technical snags, an official said. The OTPC (ONGC Tripura Power Company limited), a company floated to set up the Rs.10,000–crore plant at Palatana …
Indo-German Development Cooperation (IGDC) project of Tripura has begun to assess land based climate finance possibilities in tribal dominated Dhalai district of Tripura besides, identifying existing land use systems the villages. In the aegis of 17th CSE media study on Fragile Ecosystem in Tripura revealed that under carbon finance they …
New Delhi, August 27: At a time when the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) has raised a hue and cry in Assam, as many as 19 power projects including twelve 3.918 MW hydel power projects are on cards in northeast. The power plants would be set up in …
The Tripura government has demanded relaxation of forest and environment clearance norms for developmental activities in northeastern states. Finance and PWD minister Badal Choudhury told TOI on Sunday that most project proposals for roads and other infrastructure in the region are held up in Delhi pending environmental clearance. "I've asked …
Aizawl/Agartala: The Congress ruled-Mizoram government, which had earlier said it could not implement the food security scheme in the state due to fund crunch, on Thursday declared it would execute the plan. Congress-ruled Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh have also batted for the scheme but the remaining northeastern states …
Tripura has imposed a complete ban on the manufacture, import, storing, transport, sale and use of plastic carry bags in the state in view of its hazardous effect on the environment, an official said here Wednesday. "Under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Tripura government has imposed the complete ban …
All the State governments in the northeast are likely to face a deduction of at least 7.5 per cent in Central funding under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), if New Delhi goes by its decision of reducing funding pattern. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is contemplating to …
Between 2009-2010 and 2011-2012, the proportion of people working slipped slightly in India, and the share of unemployed persons ticked up, a government report released on Thursday revealed. In 2009-10, 36.5% of the population was gainfully employed for the better part of the year. By 2011-12, the proportion of such …
The soft-shell N nigricans turtles, a rare species found only in the tank of the Tripureswari Temple in Gomati district of Tripura, is facing extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had classified that specimen, popularly known as Bostami turtle, as extinct in the wild. The fifteenth century …
Agartala: Tripura, one of the largest bamboo-growing states in the country with 16 varieties, has undertaken a project to package bamboo shoots for sale to star category hotels. There is good demand for bamboo shoots for making delicious dishes in star hotels in the country and abroad and with proper …
The Tripura government is encouraging exploration agencies, including state-owned companies ONGC and GAIL, to go for massive gas exploration drive in the state. Besides ONGC and GAIL, the state government has allowed two private companies - Jubilant Oil and Gas Pvt Ltd and Agarawal Business Group - to do the …
The number of females has increased over the past ten years in Tripura with sex ratio standing at 960 against per thousand males, according to final census report-2011. While the number of women stood at 948 against per thousand males in the 2001 census, it rose to 960 in the …
