Political parties pledge to reduce pollution in manifestos Promises to fight the world’s most toxic air have made it to the manifestos of major political parties for the first time in Indian elections. Major political parties such as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the opposition Indian National Congress and the …
The Centre on Tuesday set up a high-level committee headed by former Cabinet Secretary T.S.R. Subramanian to review environment laws and bring them in line with “current requirements”. The committee was set up in the backdrop of the Centre taking serious steps to hasten the environment clearance process to attain …
With barely a month left for the State Government to comply with the October 11, 2012 directive to formulate a strong law to protect and preserve waterbodies in the State within two years, the Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) has expressed serious concern over the lack of any steps in this …
In a significant move, the government has decided to waive off local clinical trials in case of new drugs indicated for serious, life-threatening diseases and diseases of special relevance to Indian health scenario like cancer, AIDS etc., where the likelihood of death is high. Observing that in cases of life-threatening …
MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's breather to nursing homes operating in residential areas does not sit well in the light of Supreme Court directive. Besides, concern remains over disposal of biomedical waste and liquid waste management by the hospitals situated in residential areas. Madhya Pradesh Nursing Homes Association (MPNHA) …
Extending the interim ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the Capital till August 28, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Union Government to issue an executive order on its own for regulating the battery-operated rickshaws in order to “fill up the vacuum”, if there is any, in the …
The e-rickshaw controversy received a new twist on Wednesday with the counsel for petitioner Shanawaz Khan submitting an advertisement taken out by the state government in February 2013, which stated that e-rickshaw drivers will have six months to get registered and obtain licenses meant for drivers of TSRs and light …
The State government is contemplating bringing in a comprehensive legislation to give effect to its Affordable Housing Policy, 2013, which envisages that private developers earmark 40 per cent land of their projects for the economically weaker section and lower income groups. The government was forced to consider the legislation route …
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed the Haryana government's transport policy, notified in August 2013, after hearing a petition alleging that the policy has given the government blanket authority to increase or decrease the number of permits for private operations. With this, Haryana government would not …
But Court Will Hear Centre’s New Proposal On August 14 Retaining the ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the capital, the Delhi high court on Monday said it cannot permit something that is not provided under the law. “We cannot permit something that is not provided under the law. So …
Say Vehicles Can Be Useful As Paratransit Mode, But Need To Be Regulated Environmentalists and public transport experts are relieved that the Centre has proposed draft guidelines to regulate e-rickshaws under the Motor Vehicles Act. E-rickshaws may have been in the news for all the wrong reasons, but many believe …
A day after being asked by Delhi high court to regulate e-rickshaws, the Centre has prepared guidelines for these battery-operated vehicles which would be included in a separate regulation within the Motor Vehicles Act. The policy will be submitted in court on Friday . The regulations would make it mandatory …
May set up panel to review the Act establishing it, say sources The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) plans to amend the National Green Tribunal Act, which was passed during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime. The move will result in dilution of the powers of the body. According …
Observing that it would “not allow any illegal acts”, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to lift its ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city and asked the government to come up with draft guidelines to regulate the battery-operated vehicles. The High Court had on July 31 banned …
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday granted six weeks time to the Centre to set up an independent green regulator which will evaluate projects seeking green clearances, enforce conditions for approvals and impose penalties on defaulters.
The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered an immediate ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city, saying that “unregulated plying of the vehicles on Delhi roads is prima facie a hazard to other traffic on road as well as the citizens”. The court directed the city government to stop …
Government today said it has decided to do an in-depth analysis including examining the feasibility of setting up of an environment regulator. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar said that as regards setting up of an environment regulator, it …
Decision marks first successful policy intervention by Swadeshi Jagaran Manch In a move that marks the first successful policy intervention of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh — both affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — the Narendra Modi-led central government has put field trials of genetically-modified (GM) …
In what may raise many eyebrows, Assam government has not yet notified the new industrial policy despite announcing it way back in February last. Virtually, the State is running without an industrial policy ever since the last one expired in September last year. Thanks to the callousness of the State’s …
Chief Minister T R Zeliang tabled the Nagaland Coal Policy (Ist Amendment) 2014 & the Nagaland Coal Mining (Ist Amendment) Rule on the 5th Session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on July 18. Since the Nagaland Coal Policy 2006 came into force, the Department of Geology & Mining has …
Hanging fire for the past three years, setting up of a national environment regulator for granting green clearances is set to get further delayed with the new government deciding to examine its “feasibility” afresh after conducting an “in-depth analysis”. The Centre Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to grant it six …
