-The Indian Express LIMa: The cLIMate talks at LIMa were on the brink of collapse on Saturday after two attempts to push through watered-down proposals were rejected by developing countries, forcing the head of negotiations to summon the delegates for an extra day of work. The two-week-long negotiations were supposed to have ended on Friday evening with a decision on the kind of cLIMate actions that countries could take in order to...
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Black money: ₹4,500 cr lying in bank accounts abroad, says SIT
-The Hindu Business Line Wants PAN used in payments over ₹1 lakh, cap on amount of cash a person can keep Income Tax authorities have traced about ₹4,500 crore in undisclosed money in bank accounts overseas, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the matter said in its second report to the Supreme Court. The report, released on Friday, said investigations are pending in 33 cases involving an amount of ₹14,957.95 crore, and that...
More »Call for ‘mission mode’ to tackle arsenic contamination
-The Hindu Expressing serious concern over the extent of arsenic contamination in groundwater that has affected nearly 70 million people in 86 districts across 10 States, a Parliamentary panel led by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has favoured "mission mode'' approach by the Centre to deal with the problem. Dr. Joshi tabled the first report of the Committee on Estimates on ‘Occurrence of High Arsenic Content in Ground Water' in...
More »Executive's Environmental Dilemmas: Unpacking a Committee’s Report -Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli
-Economic and Political Weekly The High-Level Committee set up by the Narendra Modi government to review the major laws relating to environment protection has, in its recommendations, worked towards two sets of objectives: one, to separate business from the messiness of governance, and, two, to redraw the line of demarcation between the judiciary and the executive. Manju Menon (manjumenon@namati.org) and Kanchi Kohli (kanchikohli@namati.org) are with the Centre for Policy Research - Namati...
More »Arsenic in groundwater impacts 7 crore lives: Panel -Mohua Chatterjee
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The parliamentary estimates committee headed by BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi, in its first report tabled on Thursday, on arsenic in ground water, has criticized the Centre for "neglecting" the serious issue that impacts at least 7 crore people across six states, according to CSIR estimates (data from different ministries and departments on the subject varies widely, the committee found). The panel has recommended that the...
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