-Press Release from India Resource Center New Delhi: A proposal to tax sugar sweetened beverages like tobacco in India is being welcomed by public health advocates. The proposal to increase sin taxes on aerated drinks is part of the recommendations made by India’s Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian on the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in the parliament of India. Taxation to reduce consumption of tobacco has been successful when used...
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Marathwada: 27 farmer suicides in a week, takes year’s toll over 1,000 -Manoj Dattatrye
-The Indian Express Officials pegged the total number of suicides in Marathwada at 1,024 on Tuesday evening, up by 27 since December 1, when the toll for the year stood at 997 suicides. Pune: IN BARELY a week, as many as 27 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra’s drought-hit Marathwada region, taking the suicide toll in the area beyond 1000 this year. Officials pegged the total number of suicides in Marathwada at 1,024...
More »Pre-monsoon groundWater level declines in 46% wells
-PTI NEW DELHI: The pre-monsoon groundWater level has declined in 46 per cent of wells assessed by the government across the country, as compared to the five-year average, Rajya Sabha was informed today. Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sanwar Lal Jat said this in Rajya Sabha while responding to questions on ground Water levels in plains and drying Waterfalls in hilly regions. "Assessment of groundWater-level monitoring...
More »Mehdiganj fights back Coca-Cola’s groundWater overuse
Varanasi, which is known as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency during 2014, has hit the headlines recently due to people's struggle for Water rights. Altogether 18 village councils (Gram Panchayats) of Varanasi have written recently to Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to stop overexploitation of groundWater by the Coca-Cola bottling plant, which is situated in Mehdiganj (please click here to access their letters). The village councils, which have...
More »Betting on odds and evens -Rukmini S
-The Hindu The restrictions on private vehicle usage may have got most of the media coverage, but are by no means the only steps the government has announced. Nationally, over 35 per cent of urban households own a motorised two-wheeler and just under 10 per cent own a car, jeep or van. In Delhi, where per capita incomes are among the highest in the country, these proportions are much higher: nearly 40...
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