Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, may soon be amended. On March 8, 2001, the Nuclear Power Corporation, that owns all the nuclear power plants in India, gave a contract to Power Finance Corporation, a public sector undertaking, to suggest amendments to this act, thus facilitating private participation in the Kaiga …
For many developing countries, the un represents half a chance at fair play in an increasingly globalised world. Many see it as their only chance of countering the World Trade Organisation's obsession with free trade. Many of them prefer to strengthen the un rather than create an altogether new World …
the computer network in the Defence Research and Development Organi-sation's laboratories might lose data generated during the Pokhran nuclear tests; the stock exchanges' online share market may not be able to tell you the status of your shares; or the computerised notice board pasted in airports may say there is …
when Raghubir Singh was six years old, the portion of the Aravallis range in Gurgaon district of Haryana was lush green, tall and majestic. Wild animals inhabiting the hills kept the residents of the nearby villages at bay. The scenario has changed. And Singh, now 35, stands witness to the …
according to a recent discussion paper prepared by the World Wide Fund for Nature, increasing privatisation and globalisation of the power sector will lead to ecological destruction and more displacement of people. The paper entitled
In a desperate attempt to contain growing pollution, the authorities in Bangkok have decided to lease city services worth over US $1 billion to private companies. Bangkok is one of the most polluted cities of Asia. "The city has tremendous environmental problems which the public services simply cannot cope with …
On his experience in dealing with polluting industries in West Bengal: It is easy for us to instruct the public sector units ( psu s). But it is not always so easy with the private sector. Their only concern is profit. But if they are convinced that pollution control activities …
private sector participation in forestry projects will only be allowed in degraded and denuded forest lands. The recently approved Approach Paper to the Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002) says that the concept of privatisation of forest areas was not conducive in the Indian context and would therefore, not be encouraged …
HIGH cost power has many defenders-private investors who are Putting up the plants, equipment manufacturers and those in power who decide the cost the State Electricity, its Boards will have to pay for electricitv they buy from autonomous units - while the case for lowest-cost expansion of the power gridiron …
The Enron case is important as it was the first of the fast track projects and has been responsible for modifications to the government guidelines. Enron, General Electric (GE) and Bechtel jointly own Dabhol Power Corporation-through shell companies located in Mauritius to reduce tax liabilities-with 80 per cent, 10 per …
Assuming that 5,000 MW and 20,000 MW are installed through foreign investments in the 8th and 9th Plans respectively, the NWGP notes that: • Foreign investor-owned projects have rupee funds for 40 per cent to 60 per cent of the project costs raised from Indian savings. • If indigenous equipment …
The National Working Group on Power which includes 3 former Chairpersons of the Central Electricity Authority, showed the impact of these projects on the tariffs, the deficit of the SEBs and the outflows from the economy. In brief this reveals that: • The SEBs will have to incur additional losses …
THE UNION government has sanctioned a Rs 10.16 crore plan for the popularisation of biopesticides. This comes on the heels of a large outlay for organic farming announced in the present five-year plan. The project, proposed by the department of biotechnology (DBT) and approved on January 24, envisages the setting …
GOVERNMENT involvement in urban waste management in India is limited and includes sharing the subsidy component for low cost sanitation for the economically weaker sections, imposing a 20 per cent duty on import of garbage and setting up of water supply and sewerage boards. This woefully inadequate effort is supplemented …
THE BELIEF that economic liberalisation and competition will motivate India's industry to upgrade its research and development has become almost axiomatic. However, a study of private sector R&D;, carried out by the Delhi-based Centre for Technology Services (CTS) and sponsored by the department of science and technology (DST), shows this …
IT HAS become fashionable to argue that the private sector manages resources more efficiently than the state sector. However, this does not hold true for health care, especially primary health care, which, according to Andrew Green, must remain the key responsibility of the state. In An Introduction to Health Planning …
PRIME Minister P V Narasimha Rao has approved a plan to restructure the Union ministry of nonconventional energy sources (MNES) to improve efficiency and meet targets. The new structure will also see greater private-sector involvement. MNES is presently structured along technology lines, which result in similar end-use applications being handled …
LIGHTING offers much scope for improving energy efficiency in Pakistan, according to the country's National Energy Conservation Centre (ENERCON), which says the energy savings potential in lighting exceeds 50 per cent nationwide. Using a World Bank-format for planning, ENERCON is seeking funding to implement a five-year energy efficiency improvement programme …
