-Down to Earth blog Sustainable vision is key to balancing current needs and future demands March 22 is celebrated as ‘World Water Day’ every year. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 gave this call. Since then, this day has been celebrated globally, adopting a new theme each year. The theme chosen for 2022 was ‘Groundwater: Making the invisible visible’. The theme appealed to governments and stakeholders to diagnose current...
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India’s target to have 20% ethanol blended in petrol by 2025 could affect its food SECurity -Tanvi Deshpande
-IndiaSpend.com/ Scroll.in Achieving the target won’t drastically reduce emissions nor will India achieve energy SECurity because of it. For India to meet its target of 20% ethanol blended in petrol by the year 2025 (commonly known as the E20 target), it will have to bring in more land under cultivation of feedstock – agricultural products that can be converted into ethanol – land that can be better utilised for the generation of...
More »India's Controversial Sedition Law Explained In 5 Points -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Centre has urged Supreme Court to not hear the matter till the government finishes its relook at sedition law New Delhi: Days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law, arguing that it withstood "test of time", the centre has taken a u-turn and told the Supreme Court that it will review the law. A look at top 5 facts related to this law: 1. The penal code that came into force in 1862...
More »More Confusion, Less Benefits Mar E-Shram Registration Process -Shreya Adhikari and Debojit Dutta
-TheWire.in Across India, unorganised workers registering for the e-Shram card have to wade through rumours of monetary benefits, fear of fraud, and a daunting process. On June 31, 2021, in response to a petition on the struggles faced by migrant workers during the pandemic, the Supreme Court directed the central government to accelerate the process of building a database of unorganised workers. The government responded by launching the e-Shram portal – a...
More »FSSAI sides with industry, puts consumers at risk -George Cheriyan
-PolicyCircle.org The role of a food regulator is to encourage the consumption of safe, sanitised, nutritious and wholesome food and to inform consumers about the steps it takes to minimise the risks, set standards and ensure safety. The passage of Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) in 2006 ushered in an era of food safety in India. The FSSAI is a landmark law because it consolidated all laws related to food...
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