Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Baiju K G & Others Vs Dr. V P Joy dated 18/08/2022. The matter related to medical and healthcare facilities available for the Endosulfan affected areas of Kasargod. The counsel representing the victims of Endosulfan (petitioners) submit that there …
Supreme Court order dated 30/09/2011 in Endosulfan - W.P.(C) NO.213/2011 Democratic Youth Federation Youth Federation of India vs Union of India & Ors.
Rehabilitation centres for Endosulfan affected victims are in need of experienced and skilled physiotherapists and aesthetic- prosthetic engineers and modern instruments. Localites should be trained as physiotherapists at least to provide minimum treatment for differently abled people, said Disability Commissioner K V Rajanna. Speaking to media persons after holding an …
The joint committee on endosulfan, in its interim report submitted to the Supreme Court, has favoured export of the pesticide. “The industry has no experience in disposing pesticides and the Ministry of Environment and Forest has not provided any definite procedure for the purpose,” the committee noted in its reply …
'The industry has no experience of disposing pesticides and the Ministry of Environment and Forest have not provided any definite procedure for the purpose'- This was the reply of the Supreme Court appointed joint committee on endosulfan. The committee, jointly headed by the director general of Indian Council of Medical …
They will be given interest-free loans The Social Welfare Department will implement a programme for self-employment of caregivers of endosulfan victims, Minister for Panchayat and Social Welfare M.K. Muneer said on Sunday. The Minister told The Hindu that interest-free loans would be given to the caregivers, who are often a …
Locals want the stock to be shipped away The State's move to detoxify and dispose of an obsolete stockpile of the banned pesticide endosulfan at a godown of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala at Mannarkkad, Palakkad district, has hit a roadblock, thanks to widespread public outcry. While there is a …
In May when Kerala banned seven highly toxic insecticides so that it switches to safer chemicals, it did not fare better. It ended up replacing them with six others, banned or severely restricted in most parts of the world. For instance, it replaced carbofuran, a pesticide that affects the nervous …
Agriculture experts, industry representatives and the Union minister of state for food and consumer affairs on Thursday called for reforms in the agriculture sector to improve rural economy. They had gathered for an agriculture leadership summit on the theme 'policy reforms for farm growth'. The reforms suggested at the conference …
Mass agitation vital, says Suresh Gopi The Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee, on Monday, launched its “third phase of agitation” to enforce blanket ban on the pesticide in the country. In a function at Bovikkanam, Malayalam film actor Suresh Gopi declared formally launched the new phase of agitation. Addressing the gathering, the …
AFTER imposing a ban on endosulfan, the Supreme Court is now examining the possibility of allowing export of the pesticide. On August 5, the court-appointed joint committee was given a three-week deadline to submit an interim report on the possibility of exporting and disposing of the endosulfan stocks with the …
Social activists speak out against plant The agitation against the City Corporation's garbage-treatment plant at Vilappilsala received a shot in the arm on Saturday, with speakers at a convention expressing solidarity with the stir and calling for a shut down of the project. Inaugurating the convention, educationist and social activist …
Question of repealing the law to be decided after consulting experts The State government is not going to notify the date of enforcement of the Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Council Act, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told the Assembly on Tuesday. Intervening in the debate on the demands for grants to the …
THE Supreme Court has turned down the request of pesticide manufacturers to allow them to export the pesticide stocks in India. The court had banned the sale, manufacture, use and export of the pesticide on May 13 on a petition by the youth wing of the CPI(M), the Democratic Youth …
The government's argument in the court appears weak in science and perhaps strong in commerce The Random House Dictionary of English Language defines the word ‘cynic' as a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view; …
A master plan prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for implementing various schemes proposed to improve the basic infrastructure facilities in the 11 endosulfan-hit panchayats in the district was submitted to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday. A team from the district led by Kasaragod …
Many pesticides which have been banned or severely restricted in some countries are in use in Kerala and other States. Kerala banned the use of 15 pesticides in May this year. However, about a dozen pesticides which were either banned or severely restricted in other countries continue to be used …
The Department of Economics and Statistics has begun work on the ninth Agricultural Census in the State. The main thrust of the enumeration relates to ascertaining ownership of land, its utility on agriculture, details of crops, mode of irrigation, usage of fertilisers, pesticides etc. The survey is significant as Kerala …
In view of the plea for permitting the export of endosulfan pesticide, the production and sale of which was banned by the Supreme Court after the reports on its serious effect on human health and environment, the top court on Friday sought clarification from the monitoring panel on certain aspects, …
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday refused to relax the countrywide blanket ban on manufacture, sale and use of pesticide endosulfan. However, the apex court sought views from an expert committee on allowing export of the existing stock of endosulfan. A bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia asked …
The Supreme Court on Friday asked an expert panel to find out the quantity of the pesticide endosulfan made in India ready for export against pending orders. The court directed the panel appointed by it to submit an interim report in three weeks. It also sought to know from the …
