How many happy seeder machines are currently available in Haryana and Punjab? Against the backdrop of a recent advisory issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in response to the dense smog that engulfed the entire NCR since October this year, the above question seems pertinent. The happy seeder machine is considered as a magic bullet to curb the menace of stubble burning during the wheat-paddy cropping cycle,...
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GST rate cut: Union Cabinet gives nod, monitor will guard against profiteering -Aanchal Magazine
-The Indian Express The authority will have the power to cancel registration of any entity or business if it fails to pass on the benefit of lower taxes under the GST regime to consumers. New Delhi: THE UNION Cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of a National Anti-Profiteering Authority, a body with an overarching mandate to ensure that the reduction in tax rates under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST)...
More »Bad air isn't just a Delhi problem, a lot more than 'odd-even' is needed -Nitya Nanda
-Deccan Chronicle Maintaining green cover (not just trees, but also grass and small plants) is a big challenge in Delhi due to the shortage of water. With the quality of Delhi’s air has again reached critical levels with severe pollution, alarm bells have gone off, and the Delhi government announced it would bring back the “odd-even” scheme, that seems to be turning into an annual ritual. (The plan has been temporarily kept...
More »Sunita Narain, environmentalist, interviewed by Bindu Shajan Perappadan (The Hindu)
-The Hindu If we oppose every solution to the problem of air pollution, how will we ever breathe clean air, asks the environmentalist Environmentalist Sunita Narain has been fighting for clean air for decades. The Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, with which she has been associated and now serves as director general, led the shift to compressed natural gas in Delhi, to reduce air pollution. Ms. Narain is on the statutory...
More »Allow odd-even exemptions for one more year, Delhi government pleads with NGT -Jasjeev Gandhiok
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A decision on rolling out the odd-even traffic restrictions in the city will now be taken on Tuesday after the Delhi government filed a review petition in the National Green Tribunal asking for exemptions for twowheelers and women for one year, or till 2,000 more buses start operating in the capital. The petition came on a day when the spell of "severe" air quality in Delhi...
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