Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
This paper examines if the land parcels in Indian villages exhibit caste-based clustering. Using digitised cadastral maps of two villages in Uttar Pradesh and a unique data set collected by conducting a survey in these two villages, we determine the caste of the owner of each parcel. We then used …
A price increase and improvement in the terms of trade of agriculture after 2004-05 have revived agriculture in Uttar Pradesh. The performance, however, has varied across regions within the state and among crop groups. Price policies in favour of cereals discourage land diversification, but rising agricultural wages induce shifts in …
Long wait for home buyers to possess flats may end soon The long wait for thousands of home buyers to possess flats in Greater Noida could finally be nearing an end as a statutory body on Thursday approved the draft Master Plan for Greater Noida-2021. National Capital Region Planning Board …
With “gutka” consumption in the State assuming ominous proportions and the younger generation getting increasingly addicted to tobacco, a “tobacco-free” Uttar Pradesh is high on the agenda of the Akhilesh Yadav Government. Chief Secretary Javed Usmani said on Thursday that an action plan would be formulated for making UP tobacco-free. …
Board Likely To Give Nod In A Fortnight. In a big step towards resumption of work in the stalled housing projects of Noida ‘Extension’, a statutory committee of the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) on Thursday approved the revised draft Master Plan-2021 for Greater Noida and recommended it to the board. …
A double judge bench of Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) directed the State government to take strong measures to save wheat from getting rotten in the monsoon. The Bench also asked to register cases and get the matter probed by Vigilance Establishment and Economic Offence Wing (EOW) in connection with …
Sludge Has Toxins, Should Have Been Dumped At Safe Place, Say Experts New Delhi: The recent dredging exercise at the Okhla barrage to deepen the Okhla pond was welcomed by environmentalists till they figured out that all the silt pulled out was being dumped along the banks and allowed to …
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has directed the forest department to promote eco-tourism in the state. While reviewing the various schemes and projects of the forest department on Wednesday, he told the department to chalk out a plan for the development of National Chambal Sanctuary, Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary, Sarsai Nawar …
LUCKNOW: The National Sample Survey Office, Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India will be conducting a survey on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene, housing condition and urban slums from the selected households/slums during its 69th round of survey to be conducted from July 1 to December 31. …
LucknowIntended to be a growth engine for Uttar Pradesh, the R14,000-crore, six-lane, access-controlled Yamuna Expressway, originally planned to be thrown open to the public before the 2010 Commonwealth Games, is finally all dressed up and ready, but unfortunately has nowhere to go. Almost two months after the project’s concessionaire, Jaypee …
Agency won’t wait any longer for govt sanction. The CBI is understood to have decided to file chargesheet against 22 officials in a case of fraud in the implementation of NRHM in Lucknow — without waiting for the state government’s sanction to prosecute them. Among the 22 officials of the …
Just outside the national capital, the first unit of the new 1,500 MW gas-based Bawana power plant is ready to generate electricity, but is forced to idle away. Reason: the Delhi government-owned Pragati Power Corporation Ltd, which is to run the plant, has failed to arrange the gas needed to …
State sector would add 5,300 Mw, central sector 3,245 Mw and private sector 22,232 Mw To tide over prevailing power crisis in Uttar Pradesh, the Akhilesh Yadav led state government has proposed to add over 33,000 Mw to its total generation capacity in the current 12 th Five Year Plan …
Stressing on the planned development of cities Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav directed officials to give priority to construction of integrated townships for weaker and lower income group people. The LDA officials were asked to complete all formalities for the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS). "The work should start for construction …
The Bundelkhand package for Uttar Pradesh may be high on the agenda of every political party. However, the state Krishi Utpadan Rajya Mandi Parishad has failed to utilise more than Rs 450 crore under the Bundelkhand package meant for setting up new mandis. Mandi Parishad officials had sought a three-month …
To fix priorities for development of road links based on maximum utility, the Delhi Government has framed a draft policy on construction and maintenance of Master Plan roads. The policy proposes Master Plan roads to be handed over to Public Works Department and deficiency charges on Delhi Development Authority (DDA) …
A comparative evaluation of one-stop, computerised citizen service centres in various Indian states has been carried out in this paper to assess their efficacy. It is found that the outcomes of policies related to e-governance in India are not correlated to conventional variables such as economic development. Instead the extent …
Not to allow field trials of transgenic rice varieties The government on Monday asserted that it would not permit field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops in Kerala, even as research and advocacy groups came out against the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) for considering an application submitted by a …
IMD says rains are not too late to raise an alarm, predicts heavy rainfall in the north-eastern and eastern parts in next two days Worried over the slow progress of the monsoon, food minister KV Thomas held a meeting on Thursday on the likelihood of less rains and subsequent droughtlike …
Politicians and forest officials seem to be working at cross-purposes in Dudhwa Reserve, Uttar Pradesh. While forest officials are keen on removing villagers living in the core forest region, politicians want to convert these villages into tourist destinations. Former MP and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ravi Prakash Verma has proposed …
