Short affidavit on behalf of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in terms of the National Green Tribunal order dated January 22, 2025. The application was registered suo motu by the NGT on the basis of a news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing …
Countries are developing green labels that can benefit the environment, consumers and businesses. Consumers in developing and developed markets show a propensity to buy from companies with a reputation of environmental and social responsibility.
There is a myth in India that the cost of subsidy to provide energy services to the poor is very heavy. Very often, it is said that the poor are not willing to pay for the services they get and the government has no option but to go on increasing …
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has prepared this discussion paper on “Collection and recycling of waste paper in India”, with the objective of developing a suitable policy framework to define the obligations of producers and users, to sensitize the citizens to improve the segregation, collection and reuse of …
On the 20th of October 2011 the Indian Global Service Society (IGSSS) hosted an expert-meeting on “Energy Access for the Urban Poor in India” at their main office in Delhi. Around 15 participants from 10 different Indian organizations discussed on a whole set of different aspects related to “energy-poverty” in …
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) would conduct a public hearing on mahadiscom’s proposal for power tariff hike in the city on Wednesday. It would be held at Council Hall at 10am. NGO Sajag Nagrik Manch (SNM) had undertaken a campaign to make citizens aware about the proposal and also …
FOR generations scientists have tirelessly been looking for a cure to what appears to be the enemy from within—cancer. Though tremendous progress has been made and multiple avenues of treatment made available, it is apparent that there is never going to be a single golden bullet to cure cancer because …
Next year, in June, world leaders will get together in the joyful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to mark 20 years of UNCED—the Earth Summit (see Down to Earth, May 15, 1992). Unbelievably, it will be 40 years since the Stockholm conference, when the question of the environment first …
The 2011 report continues the tradition of collection of socio-economic statistics from decadal population censuses, annual national sample surveys, adhoc-surveys and administration statistics. This report depicts the socio-economic development of the country through the statistical indicators. This is a combined report for the year 2010 and 2011. The Central Statistics …
We need new economic indicators to measure prosperity in an inclusive and carbon-liable world In June next year world leaders will gather in the joyful city of Rio de Janeiro to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) — the Earth Summit. …
With food still occupying a larger share of rural consumer’s spends, she is 13-14 years behind her urban peer It is well known that consumer preferences have evolved considerably over the last two decades. However, the divide between the rural and urban consumers is striking. Similarly, linkages between the urban …
n 2008, 36 million people died from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). 1 By 2020, NCDs are projected to cause almost three quarters as many deaths as communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional diseases, and by 2030 to exceed them as the most common causes of death. 2 On Sept 19, 2011, the …
China is attempting to pursue the same impossible path as the rest of the world: generating consumer demand and wealth without destroying its natural resources and the planet.
In this paper we demonstrate that the high level of wheat procurement during 2008-09 and 2009-10 at a higher minimum support price was necessitated by the difficult circumstances that the government faced, characterised by a precarious buffer stock position from 2005 to 2008. Hence, blaming larger procurement and a higher …
Morbidity and its treatment can be potentially burdensome or even catastrophic for poor households. While public policy has shown some response to this phenomenon, there is scope for improvement of the coverage of the programmes. Health insurance schemes like the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana cover only conditional hospitalisation expenses. This …
Jason Clay identifies eight steps that, taken together, could enable farming to feed 10 billion people and keep Earth habitable. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7356/full/475287a.html
There is a view that we are now in the midst of the emergence of a new world food regime, characterised by three important and interrelated features – the rise of large corporate food empires with oligopolistic powers over entire food supply chains, the growing dominance of cash crops at …
Global consumer products makers relying on Asia Pacific and Latin America to make up for flat sales in US and Europe Consumer durables, automobiles, food and personal care products have the maximum growth potential in the country as multinationals shift focus to Asia Pacific and Latin America to drive up …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has released the key indicators of household consumer expenditure in India, generated from the data collected in its 66th round survey during July 2009 - June 2010. The NSS consumer expenditure survey aims at generating estimates of household monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) and …
US analysis highlights the high greenhouse gas emissions of popular animal products in comparison to alternatives like lentils, rice and tomatoes. Food derived from methane-generating ruminant animals such as sheep and cows has the highest level of greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published in the US.
