-Moneycontrol.com A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court was hearing a batch of 58 petitions that challenged the Union Government’s decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes six years ago. Junking allegations of any procedural lapses by the Centre during the demonetisation in November 2016, the Reserve Bank of India told the Supreme Court on December 5 that the central bank itself had recommended the Government of India...
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Telangana gets recovery notice for taking up works not allowed under MGNREGS
-The Hindu Union Rural Development Ministry asks State government to return Rs.151.9 crore spent on construction of platforms for drying Fish and grain, in the name of foodgrain storage yards The Union Rural Development Ministry has served a notice on the Telangana government asking it to return ₹151.9 crore spent under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on construction of Fish/grain drying platforms, which is not permitted under the...
More »Conservation of shallow water bodies: Ecological consequences due to multiple anthropogenic stressors -Moumita Karmakar
-Down to Earth The United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration In this Anthropocene era, human interference can be seen in every component of Earth’s ecosystem. Due to such human-mediated changes, the loss of freshwater habitats such as lakes, ponds and wetlands, as well as their aquatic biodiversity and water quality are becoming a major concern. Freshwater ecosystems are of enormous ecological importance and human need (such as drinking water and...
More »Shift towards a resilient food system needed -Devinder Sharma
-The Tribune The next food system transformation has to be based on diversity and building on food sovereignty. The future global food system has to be back in the hands of 3.6 billion peasants, small farmers, pastoralists and Fishermen where biodiversity protection, income security and climate justice go hand in hand. SOME years back, a study by the University of Sussex (UK) showed a dramatic decline in insect population within a nature...
More »Valuable waste: NSO report shows cattle dung is more ‘precious’ than fodder -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line The gross value of output of dung increased 6.8% to ₹34,825.75 cr in 2019-20 from ₹32,598.91 cr in 2011-12 The gross value of output (GVO) of cattle dung estimated at ₹34,825.75 crore is more than the total value of the fodder that the cattle population consumes. Not only fodder but there are also 128 other items including maize, mustard, onion, potato, eggs, soyabean, tea, coffee and cashew nut...
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