-Deccan Herald There is a fresh threat to the country's green cover from a new definition of forests being considered by the Centre. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the new definition will cover notified forests and those with good tree cover. But it may leave out a good part of what is now considered as forests. In fact, there is no clear definition of forests even now in...
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Clerical errors, not violation: Greenpeace
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Greenpeace India today claimed the Union home ministry had interpreted the environmental group's "unintentional clerical errors" as violations of foreign funding laws and portrayed its campaigns for clean air, water, and energy as anti-national activities. In a response to the ministry - which has suspended Greenpeace's access to foreign funds and frozen its domestic bank accounts - the NGO has claimed it neither violated the Foreign Contribution (Regulation)...
More »Land acquisition issues stall only 8% of all industrial projects -Prachi Salve
-IndiaSpend.com About 8% of 804 industrial projects – with a planned investment of Rs 421,062 crore ($67.91 billion) – across India are in limbo because of land-acquisition problems, according to data released by the finance ministry. The data complement a 2014 Comptroller and Auditor General report that says 38% of land acquired for special economic zones has not been used. The leading causes for stalled plans were unfavourable market conditions (98 projects) –...
More »Labour reforms: On track, but tough job ahead -Surabhi
-The Indian Express Niggling procedural hassles stymie efforts to modernise antiquated labour regulations. As it completes one year in office, the NDA government seems to have finally bit the bullet and taken up the controversial Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, for amendments that would allow easier retrenchment and closure norms for firms with up to 300 workers though ensuring that the employees get higher compensation in return. The draft code on industrial relations has...
More »Nature-based farming need of the hour, says expert
-The Hindu VISAKHAPATNAM: Most of the problems causing the agrarian crisis in the country can be solved by reverting to nature-based farming, says expert Subhash Palekar. A two-day workshop on nature-based farming and zero-budget farming would be conducted for farmers of the North Andhra districts at AU Ambedkar Assembly Hall here from Monday, Mr. Palekar told media here on Sunday. The Green Revolution had increased the cost of agricultural production as farmers were...
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