India

This document provides the details of the Act made to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority that will hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and for other matters concerned therewith.

This document is a model bill for the regulation and control of the groundwater. It provides the details of the definitions and the process of implementation of the bill and includes:

• The title, extent and commencement of the Act
• Definitions of terms included in the Act
• Mode of establishment of a groundwater authority
• Details on powers to notify areas for control and regulation of groundwater and on the use of groundwater in  notified areas
• Details of the grant of permit required to extract and use groundwater in the notified area
• Registration of existing users in the notification areas
• Mechanism of registration of new wells in the non notified areas
• Power resting with the authority to alter, amend or vary the terms of the permit
• Cancellation of permit or certificate of registration or license
• Powers of the groundwater authority
• Service of orders
• Delegation of powers and duties
• Details of mechanisms for dealing with offences
• The powers resting with the state government to make rules for the implementation of the Act.

The document provides the details of the Environment Protection Act (1986) and includes:

• Information on the short title, extend and commencement of the Act
• Definitions of terms included in the Act
• General powers of the central government in implementing the Act
• Appointment of officers and their powers and functions
• Power of central government to give directions
• Rules to regulate environmental pollution
• Details of rules for prevention, control and abatement of environmental pollution

The document describes the mechanism for implementation of the rules of the Act by providing information on the:

The key provisions of the draft bill include an institutional framework for regulatory commissions, their role and functions, accountability to the legislature and interface with the markets and the people. The proposed bill, if enacted, will supplement the existing sector-specific laws that set out sectoral objectives.

This Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Watershed Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. 

This Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of  Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Dynamics and Structures, Foundation Engineering and Geology is structured into modules on the following topics:

The first Professor Satish Dhawan Commemoration lecture organized by The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE), Karnataka State Centre delivered on 22nd September 2010 at The Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre, No. 3, Dr. B R Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560 001.

Dr.Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO/Secretary, DOS/Chairman, Space Commission, Dr.L V Muralikrishna Reddy, Chairman, The Institution of Engineers (India) Karnataka Sate Centre, Dr.S B Ganjigatti, Honorary Secretary and distinguished participants.