Flawed legislation Author(s): Kundan Pandey , DOWN TO EARTH Dec 31, 2013 | From the print edition Centre’s law to regulate healthcare system faces resistance in many states Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act is silent on patients’… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Aparna Pallavi, down to earth Date:Dec 7, 2013 Picking up women without observing proper procedures is common occurrence in Betul area of Madhya Pradesh A division bench of the Supreme Court has ordered a CBI inquiry into… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Ashis Senapati Date:Nov 29, 2013 Authorities start GPS survey work for boundary wall of the proposed steel plant as angry villagers accuse government of siding with the company Officials say GPS will be used to draw the exact boundary of… Continue Reading →
Sugandh Juneja [1] Issue Date: 2013-12-15 Iron ore mines in Goa also concealed facts to get environmental clearance, shows report SEVERAL mines in Goa fudged data in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) to get clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Sudeep Kumar Guru Date:Nov 26, 2013 Farmers around the plant in Hirakud had repeatedly complained of heavy crop loss which now has been linked to plant emissions OSPCB probe team found fugitive release of fluoride from the pots of the… Continue Reading →
Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, in some way, be called contemporary India’s largest land regime change—from the forest administration… Continue Reading →
Jitendra , in Down toEearth Issue Date: 2013-10-23 Report by International Organization for Migration claims it is first assessment of well-being of migrants More than half of the world’s migrants originate in the poorer countries of the South and a… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Alok Gupta [1] Issue Date: 2013-10-8 They were not informed about the hearing which was organized in officers’ club, far from Bharat Coking Coal Limited’s project site Tribal people from 14 villages of Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district wore black ribbons around… Continue Reading →
Author(s): M Suchitra [1] Issue Date: 2013-10-1 Environment ministry asked to filed response on Amrit Mahal Kaval allotments by end of this month or pay penalty The National Green Tribunal (South Zone) in Chennai has directed the Union Ministry of Environment… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Ankur Paliwal Date:Sep 30, 2013 Sambhar Ultra-Mega Green Solar Power Project will have more than double the total installed power capacity of India India is going to be a home to the world’s largest solar power project. It has been… Continue Reading →
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