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Category Archives: India
Ganga’s moment
New studies, committees and a tag of national river. Will it help? The government has decided to declare the Ganga a national river, following campaigns from several quarters to preserve its cultural and religious significance. A High Powered Ganga River … Continue reading
Pollution Not under Control
Parliamentary report calls for saving the Central pollution control body It’s official. The Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), the nodal body for regulating environmental norms in India, is being “reduced to a near-defunct body”. The parliamentary standing committee on science … Continue reading
Myth of power [Gangotri]
Nourisher of an ancient civilization, the Ganga could be gasping for its survival. Every few kilometres the water of its tributaries will be diverted to produce power. While there may not be enough flow to run the turbines, there’s enough … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, India, Renewable Energy, Rivers
Tagged * Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Dams, Dams/ Irrigation, Earthquakes, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ganga, Geology, Hydroelectricity, Hydrology, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Ministry of Power, Private Sector, Sedimentation, Tehri
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Pyrrhic Victory
The US steals Kamal Nath’s party in Geneva The trade talks at the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva collapsed in the last week of July. The Union minister for Commerce, Kamal Nath, said India would not accede to the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, India, News
Tagged * Imports, Agriculture, Cotton, Developing Countries, Farmers, India, Subsidies, Switzerland, Trade, United States Of America (US), WTO
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On Tenterhooks in Geneva – Developing countries push for markets at WTO Mini-Ministerial
Developing countries push for markets at WTO mini-ministerial Farmers’ associations all over India were holding protests demanding exclusion of agriculture as an agenda in the World Trade Organization (wto) talks, even as the organization’s mini-ministerial debated ways to secure “meaningful … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, India, News
Tagged * Imports, Agriculture, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Farmers, Food Security, India, Subsidies, Trade, WTO
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Shelf Destruct – Government study kicks up the Supermart vs Small Store debate
Government study kicks up the supermart vs small store debate At a time when efforts are being made in the West to bring back small retailers into the mainstream, the Indian government has come up with a study that lauds … Continue reading
RTI (Right To Information) Assessment
An 85-year-old lady was having problems getting her passport. She needed it to go and live with her children abroad. The status, the website showed, was delivered. Visits to the passport office yielded little results. “We helped her draft a … Continue reading
Posted in India, News
Tagged * Government Of India (GOI), Andhra Pradesh, Assam, India, Information, Maharashtra, NGO, Orissa, Right To Information (RTI), Uttar Pradesh
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Toxic Waste kept for Safe Disposal in Bharuch Catches Fire
A Fire at a facility especially set up to safely store and dispose of hazardous waste at Ankleshwar in Bharuch district of Gujarat has revealed how callously dangerous waste is managed in the country. In what could have been an … Continue reading