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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has recommended to the state government to streamline the procedure for allocation and utilization of water for irrigation, domestic use and industrial consumption after detecting that drinking water supply to majority of urban areas and irrigation facilities to nearly all of the state's …
Municipal corporations have been given a month's time to frame an `easy' policy for the registration of erickshaws in the city . The policy must focus on passenger safety and e-rickshaw owners will have to get a number-plate. Nitin Gadkari said at a rally on Tuesday that municipal corporations would …
With talk of assembly elections in the air, Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced at a public rally here that battery-powered rickshaws, known as e-rickshaws, would not be considered motor vehicles, and hence won't be covered under the Motor Vehicles Act. In other words, it will virtually be …
The Delhi Transport department wrote to the Commerce Ministry recently, requesting it to take action against illegal import of e-rickshaw parts, majority of which are being imported from China. During a a meeting held on e-rickshaws at the Chief Secretary’s office in April, the Delhi government had decided to send …
A day after a traffic police constable was allegedly fatally knocked down by a motorist when he tried to stop his vehicle for checking, Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday approved the formation of district-level Road Safety Committees in Delhi. The committees, which have been constituted under the provision of Section …
PANAJI: All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre to take proactive steps to ensure immediate resumption of mining operations in the state in a sustainable manner. General secretary of AITUC Christopher Fonseca said on Thursday that the people of Goa would expect …
The mining stakeholders have demanded that the state government should immediately frame a mining policy aimed at early resumption of mining activities in the state. Perhaps, for the first time in recent memory, mining came to a total halt in the state in September 2012, after the Shah commission submitted …
Every new government comes with baggage and opportunities. The problem is that since the government is new, it wants to undo what has been done in the past, make new schemes and start again on the learning curve. The opportunity is that there is a new drive to do more, …
Piyush Goyal led team of bureaucrats from energy ministries to Gujarat to learn from the state's performance in the sector; hints at possible changes in the RPO of states The government is open to amending the Electricity Act 2003 and sorting out issues related to quality and transportation of coal …
New norms, expected to be finalised in a month's time, may open up larger sections of forest areas for mining Proposed system will drop biological richness arguing it is accounted for under wildlife value and combines hydrological value with forest cover Large portions of forests could be opened up for …
To deal sternly with any kind of violations by cement plants, the state government today directed the Mining, Excise, Forest and Environment Departments to initiate action against JayPee Cement company for violating norms at its plant at Bagha in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Industry Minister Mukesh Agnihotri today chaired …
The state government is apparently heading for trouble for its policy to regularise unauthorised colonies. Justice Rajan Gupta of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the state to explain the conflict between the policy, announced just before the parliamentary polls, and the provisions of the Punjab Apartment and …
India has never been on a denial mode over the devastating effects of climate change and always called for steps to deal with global warming. This stand will now get new impetus under the new government- evident from the new nomenclature that the green ministry has got. The ministry of …
PUNE: The enforcement of six road-safety measures, including helmet and seat belt compulsion, will be part of the report that the Maharashtra government will submit before the Supreme Court-appointed committee in the next three months. The traffic branch of the Pune police has decided to step up the awareness drive …
The apex court, in its order last month, cancelled all the mining leases in Goa which were not renewed after 2007 and at the same lifted an 18-month-old ban on iron ore extraction in the coastal State Goa Government has said it will adopt a transparent mechanism to award mining …
The new government needs to bring in second-generation reforms for environment which can strike a balance between the need for economic development and rights of a local community. This is a tough job, but necessary. At present, green issues are being handled both at the central and state levels. This …
To bring vehicular pollution under control, the state government has made 'green tax' mandatory for all motor vehicles in Uttar Pradesh. All vehicles over 15 years old will have to pay green tax soon, officials said. The UP cabinet has given a go ahead to the amendment in the UP …
PANAJI: The ministry of environment and forests has constituted the state-level environment impact assessment authority for three years with Pramod Pathak as chairman. The authority with Vivekanand L Sawkar, executive engineer, estate division, Goa University, as member and joint secretary (environment) will base its decisions on recommendations of the state …
Following the Supreme Court judgment on manual scavenging in December last year as well as the enactment of the new Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will appoint a special body to monitor sanitary activities in the city. This come after …
There is a need for ensuring self-regulation of the industry in pollution norms, according to Jayesh Ranjan, Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC ). Speaking at a seminar on environmental laws, regulations and the role of industry organised by the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and …
