Ministry of Environment & Forests has upheld its show cause notice on Lavasa Corporation and asked that there be no construction at the Pune site till end of December.The Ministry of Environment & Forests will give a final view on the controversial hill town project, which has been accused of violating green rules, by then.The interim order says no work on site can continue. The Ministry order has listed at...
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Rangarajan panel grapples with survey methodology by Gargi Parsai
As to who should conduct the survey to identify the ‘priority' and ‘general' categories of households as recommended by the National Advisory Council (NAC) was an issue that the expert panel headed by chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, C. Rangarajan, grappled with in its meeting here on Tuesday.The NAC has recommended that legal entitlements to subsidised foodgrains be extended to at least 75 per cent of the...
More »Island tribals raise quota cry by Tapas Chakraborty
The “Ranchiwallas” are on the warpath in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.These tribals from Jharkhand’s Chhotanagpur region, 400 of whom were first shipped to the islands by the British way back in 1918 to build roads, are demanding scheduled tribe status with job and education benefits under the C and D categories.They have made it clear they are not seeking full reservation under the A and B categories — free...
More »Will the BPL survey go on and on? by MK Sunil Kumar
It seems that the survey to identify the BPL families in the state will be an unending process. Now, the Union Government's plan to start a comprehensive survey of BPL families in the country has affected the state's efforts to complete the survey of BPL families.Earlier, the state government had to abandon the survey carried out by the Kudumbashree workers in 2008 following widespread irregularities. The government had decided to...
More »Is bamboo a tree or a grass? by Sunita Narain
The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest department and can be auctioned to the paper and pulp industry, often at throwaway rates. If it is a grass, then it would be classified as a minor forest produce and people would have the right to cut bamboo for sale or for value addition by making...
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