-Business Standard Since it came to power in May 2014, the NDA government has been working to do away with the need for such consent from tribal village councils Five coal blocks up for allocation and auction in the first phase could get stuck in a land conflict. A total of 20 tribal village councils in the Hasdeo-Arand and Dharamjaigarh forest areas of Chhattisgarh have passed formal resolutions under the Forest Rights...
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PM to launch ‘Beti Bachao’ with a bang on January 22 -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After Swachh Bharat and Make In India, the Modi government's big bang flagship scheme will be "Beti bachao, beti padhao'' that will bring much needed attention to the country's low child sex ratio. The scheme will be launched by PM Narendra Modi on January 22 and will focus on a multi-sectoral approach to tackling the problem of the vanishing girl child. A toilet in every girl's...
More »Shiv Sena continues to oppose 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project -Sanjay Jog
-Business Standard But the BJP govt at the Centre and state supports the project Mumbai: Despite being in the government, Shiv Sena has not revised its belligerent stance on the Jaitapur nuclear power project, and reiterated it on Monday. "There has been no change in the party's stand in this regard. Shiv Sena is strongly opposed to Jaitapur nuclear power project which may be highly dangerous for the environment and human being. Shiv...
More »‘Green Revolution is not a revolution’ -G Venkataramana Rao
-The Hindu Natural farmer Subhash Palekar says it has led to the destruction of environment and fall in productivity Andhra Pradesh: While the world praises Nobel laureate and father of the Green Revolution Norman Borlaug as the saviour of humanity, Subhash Palekar, zero-budget natural farmer, calls him a ‘fraud'. Mr. Palekar says that Green Revolution is not a revolution at all. ‘It has destroyed soil, water, air, environment, vegetation and finally human...
More »Government ties itself up in knots over Greenpeace activist travel restraint -Aman Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai was named in a secret Intelligence Bureau (IB) note to the Centre last June for Leading a protest against the Mahan Coal block, which is said to be the reason for her being stopped from leaving India for UK on Sunday. "She has been on a watch-list since. Many of her provocative statements issued later have also been brought on record. The step...
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