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Court Challenges Dubious Environmental Impact Reports by Ranjit Devraj

India’s Supreme Court has questioned clearances to industries on the basis of environment impact assessments (EIAs) carried out by private consultants in the pay of project proponents. A special bench of the court led by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, that is hearing a petition challenging approvals granted to the French company Lafarge to mine limestone, likened the practice to "paying the piper to call the tune." Kapadia’s bench noted that every report...

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In farmer's name by R Ramakumar

The policy is to promote specific high-value segments within agriculture, where corporate houses have major profit interests. A COMMON compliment that Pranab Mukherjee's Union Budget for 2011-12 received from the media was its proclaimed “friendliness” to agriculture and rural areas. It was not just the media; members of India Inc. welcomed the Budget as “focussed” on agriculture. However, a close look at the Budget estimates reveals a different picture. Public...

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United action by TK Rajalakshmi

Trade unions of all hues join forces in an unprecedented manner and present a charter of demands to the government. IN a rare show of unity, and for the first time since Independence, around one lakh workers affiliated to eight central trade unions and national industrial federations, including the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and the trade unions of the Left parties, came out on the streets of New...

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Four arrested for beating RTI activist

Four men have been arrested for allegedly beating up a Dalit RTI activist for seeking details of work done in his village in Rajasthan's Barmer district under the government's rural job guarantee scheme, an official said Wednesday. Mangal Ram from Bamgore village was allegedly thrashed by the sarpanch (village head) and his supporters March 3. He was hospitalised with his legs and hands fractured. 'We have arrested Jameel, Hamira, Jeela and Ali...

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Delhi sets Oct deadline for UID

Delhi Government is gearing up to commence work on bringing the entire city under the "Adhar" project wherein every person will be enrolled and issued a Unique Identification Number. The state has set October as the deadline for completing the UID enrolment exercise. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday chaired a meeting to review the status of the UID project. The meeting was attended by education minister Arvinder Singh, urban development...

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