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 …
Atiq Khan Nearly 99 lakh families living below the poverty line (BPL) in Uttar Pradesh can look forward to getting quality medical care under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in hospitals of their choice, including private nursing homes, from this coming July 1. A memorandum of understanding to this …
After anomalies in issue of job cards and payments to beneficiaries, it is now money spent on photographs taken for physical verification of works done under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) that is under the scanner in Uttar Pradesh. Reports received at the Department of Rural Development show …
In what is perhaps a first, Uttar Pradesh officials have received a book to make sure that the Chief Minister's announcements are implemented properly, and in time. "Uttar Pradesh ki Mukhya Mantri Mayawatiji ki ghoshnaon ka vivran' is meant for government officers. "The aim is to ensure that these announcements …
Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday launched a new housing scheme for the urban poor named after the founder of Bahujan Samaj Party and her mentor, Kanshi Ram. The launch coincides with the formation of the first BSP-led Government in Uttar Pradesh on June 3, 1995. The scheme replaces the Kanshi …
The provision for urgent take-overs bypassing procedure is open to misuse by powerful interests. Invoking "public purpose" to acquire agricultural land for industrial use has caused social tension and bloodshed in the past months. There is another seed of discord hidden in the antiquated Land Acquisition Act. If the developers …
The bus commuters plying between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh can now look forward to an easy journey. The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Governments signed an agreement on Monday, which would facilitate free movement of vehicles in each other's territory. "Better connectivity between NCR in UP and Delhi and free movement …
Agreement Includes Plying Of Buses, Autos And Taxis Between States In a bid to ease the hardships faced by commuters travelling between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh daily, the two governments on Monday signed a draft interstate transport agreement. This agreement expands the existing roadmap for movement of public transport, including …
The brokering of deals between international carbon trading brokers and Indian government bodies to reduce energy consumption and earn carbon credits has gained momentum in recent weeks. Not many people noticed the surprise, albeit non-political, move sprung by Mayawati's Uttar Pradesh government late last month through its electricity body, Uttar …
Paving the way for Reliance Power, NTPC and three other companies to rebid for projects, the Uttar Pradesh power regulator has allowed the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) to seek fresh financial bids for proposed power plants at Bara and Karchhana in Allahabad district. Jindal Steel and Power, JSW Energy …
Mine spoils consist of overburdened dumps of haphazardly, mixed consolidated and unconsolidated material. Mine spoils are nutritionally and microbiologically impoverished habitats. Natural restoration of mine spoil is a slow process. Afforestation of mine spoils with fast growing tree species accelerates the revegetation process and fulfils the restoration goal.
A World Bank-aided project on sodic land reclamation in Uttar Pradesh is being executed by U.P. Bhumi Sudhar Nigam, Lucknow, and Remote Sensing Applications Centre, U.P., Lucknow has the responsibility of sodic land mapping for the execution of land reclamation programme at the cadastral level. Sodic lands are mainly concentrated …
The time is ripe for a south Asian electricity market This summer, India and Pakistan could find a reason to get together. With mercury soaring and the demand for power going up incrementally, India Inc is already feeling the pinch. The bad tidings came early with industrial production falling by …
Land alienation, poverty amongst scheduled tribes and dalits and lack of access to basic forest resources have contributed to the growth of naxalism, says the Planning Commission. Its report, Development challenges in extremist affected areas, indicts Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh. The report also critiques sezs and the complete failure of …
In the midst of an acute power crisis, 60 megawatt of power has been added to Uttar Pradesh's kitty following the lightning up of Unit No.5 at the Harduaganj power station after a gap of nine years. The unit had closed down in 1999. After all these years now it …
The Planning Commission today gave a go-ahead to Uttar Pradesh for its annual Plan outlay of Rs 35,000 crore for 2008-09, representing an increase of about 40 per cent over the allocation during the previous fiscal The Planning Commission has also meeting between the Planning Commission member, Mr B.K. Chaturvedi, …
The Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPSERC) has issued notice to Lanco Anpara Power Pvt Ltd on a petition challenging the change in capacity of the Anpara C thermal power project from 1,000 Mw to 1,200 Mw. The project, located in Sonbhadra district, is already behind schedule by eight …
A conflict is brewing between the human resource development (HRD) ministry and the Food Corporation of India (FCI), with HRD Minister Arjun Singh writing to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar complaining that adequate food grains are not being supplied to the states for the mid-day meal scheme. Sources in both ministries …
