-The Hindu The area will turn into a ‘no-go zone' for mining and thermal power plants The Environment Ministry has decided to turn approximately 60,000 square kilometres of the Western Ghats across six States into an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), banning mining, quarrying, thermal power plants and polluting industries over the entire range. All other projects would be allowed only with the prior consent of gram sabhas (village councils) in the zone. The...
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Rajasthan town becomes defecation-free-Rukmini S
-The Hindu Delayed payments to poor households threaten to scuttle scheme to build toilets under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Churu (Rajasthan): Three years ago, Churu, a town of 1.2-lakh people in the Thar desert, was ranked India's dirtiest town by the Planning Commission. Two years ago, the overall district had over 40 per cent households with no toilet of their own. Today, the district is close to its goal of becoming open defecation-free,...
More »After minor dip, onion prices on the rise again -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Sixty is the new normal for onion prices in most cities after belying government expectation that prices would moderate in the first half of October. The end of Navratra, Eid-ul-Adha on Wednesday and insistent rain in many parts of the country has pushed prices to Rs 70 a kg in many cities, including Delhi. Retail price of onion has remained Rs 60 per kg in north Indian...
More »Food Act to benefit UP, Bihar, Gujarat most: Congress data -Ruhi Tewari
-The Indian Express Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat - all ruled by non-Congress parties - will be the biggest beneficiaries of the new food security Act, according to data made available to Congress spokespersons for propagation. Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Jharkhand will be the next biggest beneficiaries. The Act passed last month promises subsidised food grains and is touted as the big ticket reform measure by the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha...
More »9 lakh evacuated from path of Cyclone Phailin, death toll limited to 23 -Sandeep Mishra
-The Times of India GOPALPUR/CHATRAPUR: With meteorological warning systems working efficiently and swift reaction by the Odisha government and the Centre, the strongest cyclone to strike the country in the last 14 years began dissipating on Sunday, thwarted from its destructive potential by the mass evacuation of close to nine lakh people into cyclone shelters in a matter of hours and days. Roaring at more than 200 kmph, winds ripped through homes...
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