-The Times of India CHENNAI: The industrial sector has been taking the flak for emitting high levels of hazardous gases over the years but it might ultimately be our homes that are responsible for the highest emission of greenhouse gases. A recently published study conducted by the Centre for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, found that the domestic sector was one of the highest contributing factors to greenhouse...
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When The Haze Takes Over -Pavithra S Rangan
-Outlook The NDA seems bent on subverting the RTI Act. Is the slow dismembering of the CIC part of the plan? We Have No Recall For the first time since its inception, CIC's functions expropriated by the govt A search committee set up to appoint a new CIC chief says meeting details cannot be revealed; "highly confidential" RTI appeals pertaining to prime depts...
More »Number of Delhi Citizens enrolled for Aadhaar scheme over 3 million more than city population -Chetan Chauhan
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The number of people who have registered for an Aadhaar identification number in the Capital outstrips its population by over 27%, raising questions about the efficacy of the controversial biometric registration process. About 20 million people have enrolled in Delhi for the unique 16-digit number, 27.6% more than the city's population of 16.8 million, according to the 2011 census. Officials associated with the enrollment process, however, said it was...
More »Centre blames states for violating Supreme Court orders on Aadhar, but is just as guilty -Aarefa Johari
-Scroll.in On Monday, the Supreme Court felt the need to reiterate - for the third time - that the Aadhar card cannot be made compulsory for anyone, particularly Citizens who wish to avail themselves of government subsidies. Hearing a petition filed by a Bangalore resident, the court warned the central government of action if officials continued to demand Aadhar cards from people eligible for subsidies, scholarships, welfare pensions and other government...
More »Don't insist on Aadhar, warns SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu "No person should be denied any benefits or "suffer" for not having the Aadhaar cards issued by Unique Identification Authority of India." Clearing all doubts about the validity of Aadhaar card to avail of government subsidies, the Supreme Court on Monday confirmed that the Aadhar card is not compulsory, and further, officials who insist on them will be taken to task. A fuming Supreme Court issued a stern warning to the...
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