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Urban Sanitation
Unrecognised slums get recognition
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMUnrecognised slums get recognition
MoEF fails to control unauthorised forest diversion
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMMoEF fails to control unauthorised forest diversion
The CAG audit reports environment ministry's failure in promoting compensatory afforestation and monitoring unauthorised forestland diversion for non-forest purposes.
IPCCs fifth assessment report calls for urgent action
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMUrgent action needed to tackle climate change
Chromium contaminates Bangalores drinking water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMChromium afflicts borewells in India's largest industrial area
Rajiv Awas Yojana to make India slum free
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMRajiv Awas Yojana to make India slum free
Government uncovers its plan to launch urban housing programme, Rajiv Awas Yojana, for slum dwellers under JNNURM.
Power ministry gears up for hydel development
Total ban on manual scavenging
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMBringing an end to manual scavenging
Lok Sabha passes the bill to ban the dirty practice. The legislation aims to remove dry latrines and manual scavenging and to provide alternate employement to those involved in the practice.
India experiences 30% of food wastage annually
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM30% of the food goes waste in India
The country experiences a post-harvest loss of Rs 2 lakh crore annually due to lack of food processing units and storage facilities, estimates the Associated Chamber of Commerce.
A step forward for land bill
Thumbs up for the land bill in Rajya Sabha
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMRajya Sabha passes the land bill
Revised land acquisition bill that does not provide for social impact assessment for irrigation projects clears in the Upper House. The bill returns to the Lok Sabha for approval of amendements made in it.
Jal Satyagrahis still determined despite govts repression
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMMP govt enforces curfew to suppress Jalsatyagrah
State government issues arrest orders against the evacuees staging protest against raising water level in the Indira Sagar Dam and demanding compensation.
Unbalanced: Bangalores water supply and demand
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMWater consumption varies based on many factors – how much water is available, where one lives, one’s personal habits, the weather, the seasons and so on and so forth. Each of these contributes to varying usage patterns.