-Gulail.com The MB Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Odisha, exposes how private mining companies earned thousands of crores of rupees by illegally extracting precious iron ore and manganese ore from the mines in Odisha. This is money that should have been used to eradicate poverty in this seriously backward state and improve the Quality of life of the tribals and indigent villagers. But instead the money went into the...
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Centre issues directive for 150 days work under MGNREGA for STs in forest areas
-ANI The move will benefit about eight lakh people in the states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Ministry of Rural Development has issued a directive to provide 150 days of wage employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for Scheduled Tribe households living in forest areas. The move will benefit about eight lakh people in the states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The additional 50 days of...
More »India’s SO2 emissions up by 71 per cent in 5 years, shows US study -Aparna Pallavi
-Down to Earth 'CPCB underestimating pollution from coal-fired thermal power plants' Data released by NASA's Aura satellite calls into question the veracity of Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) claim made in 2012 that the mean sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions in India decreased in 2010 as compared to 2001 level. A new study led by Zifeng Lu of Decision and Information Sciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, USA, based on images...
More »HIV positive people urge centre to pass AIDS Bill -Janani Sampath
-The Times of India CHENNAI: For 42-year-old Daisy it has been a never ending battle. She has moved into 16 different rented houses, lost her job and missed many of her daughter's graduation day -- all because she tested HIV positive 16 years ago and has been a victim of discrimination since then. HIV positive patients are victims of stigma at home, workplace and hospitals, and reprieve from it remains a mirage...
More »Sustainability and food security -Nilanjan Ghosh
-The Hindu Business Line The South Asian population has been growing at the rate of 1.5 per cent per annum, and agricultural production at 2.5 per cent per annum has been keeping pace with the demographic trends, thereby creating the necessary provision for food. Yet, the inherent problems of distribution have loomed large for South Asia. India's National Food Security Act, 2013, emphasises defining certain target groups and highlights the importance...
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