Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
IN JUNE this year, responding to the public outcry over the weak judgements handed out by a Bhopal sessions court, the Indian government had unveiled a new relief package for the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy. With the 26th anniversary of the disaster around the corner, M Rajshekhar of …
The death of a tiger last month, two and a half years after it was brought to Sariska, proves the National Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan is not safe for the big cat. The death also brought to light little action has been taken on the recommendations of the Tiger Task …
Based on our studies in Norway and India, and the rapidly expanding scientific literature in this field, it is safe to say that human-wildlife conflicts are a universal state of affairs. This is a serious issue because it represents a long term threat to the persistence of wildlife as well …
As we hurtle headlong into the twenty-first century creating technologies, breathing development, and grabbing land and resources, most of us will readily acknowledge that we may be harming the natural world by our actions and that we must do what we can to correct this. Judging from the enthusiastic response …
Jammu: The Government has decided to formulate comprehensive conservation projects for twin lakes of Mansar and Surinsar with a special focus on the restoration of the habitats and expansion of green cover in the surroundings of the two prestigious water bodies. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired …
Ahmedabad: Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, a wing of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is up in arms against the Narendra Modi government and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the Centre after unseasonal rains wreaked havoc on rabi crops. On Monday, BKS took out a rally along Ashram Road, demanding the state …
A Down to Earth report on ONGC’s oilfields ruining farms in Mehsana district, Gujarat. This district is the most prized onshore oil asset in India for the state-run ONGC, producing about 40,000 barrels crude oil a day. But for farmers the wells spell ruin.
Oil wells fitted with pumping devices are a common sight in Mehsana district, north of Ahmedabad. For the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) the district is the most prized onshore oil asset in India, producing about 40,000 barrels crude oil a day. But for farmers the wells spell …
India signed the international convention on compensating nuclear accident victims on October 27. The convention, to a large extent, shields suppliers of nuclear energy technology from paying damages. Washington was keen that New Delhi sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage; something Indian leaders had committed to when …
On the government decision not to pursue Bhopal gas victims’ case in the New York court It is ill-considered and neither in the interest of the victims nor of India. It benefits Dow Chemical Company (Union Carbide is now a subsidiary of Dow) that has asserted it is not subject …
The farmer-friendly Madhya Pradesh government has given the proofs of its resolve to make agriculture profitable and shown sensitiveness towards farmers by amending the Revenue Book Circular 6-4 thrice
Now comes the hard part. In the months since the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of thousands of people and businesses have filed for emergency payments from the $20-billion BP fund administered by Kenneth R Feinberg More than $2.2 billion is being paid to some …
The Navi Mumbai airport has been cleared for take-off and everyone is rejoicing except the farmers who gave away their land to the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) to develop the town in 1970.
Farmers in areas surrounding Panvel, where the new airport will come up, are anxious about their future. They are worried if the government will be able to deliver on the promises it will make during the land acquisition process. Hence, rather than raise the current issues, they want the government …
JODHPUR: With the compensation announced by the human rights commission for the silicosis victims of Gujarat and MP last week, the victims of Jodhpur, who have long been awaiting compensation from the state government, have now decided to press their demand. The Jodhpur mine workers, under the banner of the …
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved an additional payout of Rs 71.28 crore for the Bhopal gas leak victims. According to the proposal cleared, an additional 1,703 victims with permanent disability will now get compensation of Rs 5 lakh while 1,783 victims with temporary disability will get Rs 1 lakh …
Government on Thursday night approved additional compensation of Rs 71.28 crore for the victims of the Bhopal gas leak tragedy. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas leak disaster of 1984 in …
Assam Government would soon form an expert committee to examine the feasibility of an Act that would ensure proper rehabilitation and adequate compensation to those affected by any Government or private projects in the State. Speaking at a press conference today, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi informed that the idea is …
India will pay an extra 713 million rupees ($15.8 million) in compensation to the victims of the world's worst industrial accident that killed thousands in 1984, the government said in a statement late on Thursday. India says about 3,500 people died when a Union Carbide plant in the central Indian …
