-Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Delhi The report Regulating Urban Trees in India: Issues and Challenges by Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon (published in July, 2022), highlights the scope and functions of a dozen tree laws implemented in different states in India. The implementation of these laws has come to public focus in recent years due to the growing number of cases of large-scale tree felling in Indian cities. The Government use of mechanisms...
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Sri Lanka crisis: Why more countries are facing similar economic turmoil -Darpan Singh
-IndiaToday.in The economic crisis is not limited to Sri Lanka. From Europe to Asia to Africa, many emerging economies are slipping into chaos. Here is the why and what next. Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have said they will resign for an all-party interim Government to take over. Thousands of demonstrators entered the palaces of both men in Colombo over the weekend as the bankrupt island nation...
More »Why Were 1.3 Crore Jobs Lost in June? -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Most of the job losses were in agriculture, but 25 lakh salaried jobs were also lost. A perfect storm of delayed monsoon, languishing economy and continued inaction of the Government on the jobs front has led to an astonishing decline of 1.3 crore from the total number of employed persons in the country in June this year, according to the latest CMIE estimates. In May, the number of employed persons were...
More »As farm debt drives Punjab farmers to suicide, loan waiver demand set to gain momentum -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu Farmer outfits in Punjab say they will be forced to start an agitation against the State AAP Government if a complete farm loan debt waiver is not announced shortly A recent study on farmers’ suicide in Punjab by Ludhiana-based Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has revealed that in six districts of the State, as many as 9,291 farmers have died by suicide between the years 2000-2018 and around 88% of the...
More »Hemant Soren claims credit for no starvation death -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph CM says Jharkhand Government is focused on reaching out to last mile with welfare schemes Jamshedpur: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren reminded people of the starvation deaths during the erstwhile BJP-led Government and patted his own Government as nobody died of hunger even during the Covid lockdown. Addressing a gathering at Godda on Wednesday evening, Soren said the development works done during the “double engine” Government (a term used by his...
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