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In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws In Favour
WEBFeb 10, 2021 · In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws In Favour Of Industry Over Farmers. The draft National Land Reforms Policy recommended that states reduce land ceilings and distribute surplus agricultural land to the landless poor. However, several states have amended their land ceiling laws in favour …
Weakened Forest, Biodiversity Laws Impact India’s Environment In …
WEB27 Dec 2023 12:30 AM GMT. Mumbai: 2023 became the year India weakened protections around its forests by amending the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act and also those around biodiversity, through the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act. While this was met with questions and protests, in separate moves, the government also brought in two new ...
WEBSome recent discussions have called for stringent population control measures, the latest in the series being a private members bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Honourable Member Shri. Rakesh Sinha. Placed on 12th July 2019, this private members bill titled “The Population regulation bill 2019” calls for certain punitive measures for people with more than two living children ...
BE, RE Or Actuals: What Do You Need To Look At In The
WEBJan 31, 2022 · When you look at the new budget documents that will be published this February, look out for these three numbers: the budget estimates or BE, which will tell you what the government plans or had planned to allocate to each ministry, the revised estimates or RE, which will tell you how much the budget was …
How Indore Became India’s Cleanest City (And How Others Can …
WEBOct 2, 2019 · How Indore Became India’s Cleanest City (And How Others Can Follow) Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Every morning, garbage vans across Indore play the celebratory song, “ Indore hua hai number one (Indore has become number one),” sung by Bollywood singer Shaan in 2017, when Indore was ranked first of 471 towns and cities on the government’s ...
Indians Will Buy 300 Mn ACs In 20 Years. And They’re ... - IndiaSpend
WEBMay 4, 2021 · Indians Will Buy 300 Mn ACs In 20 Years. And They're Choosing Brands & Features Over Energy Efficiency Air-conditioners are energy-intensive appliances and their rising demand creates an emissions and clean-energy challenge. A new study on how urban Indians choose cooling gadgets highlights the opportunity for decision-makers and businesses to incentivise purchase of more energy-efficient ...
Improve Women’s Education, Health Services To Reduce India's …
WEBFeb 16, 2019 · New Delhi: Improving women’s education could be the single most important intervention to reduce India’s anaemia burden, apart from nutrition and health measures, said a study published in medical journal BMJ Global Health in August 2018. For the study, researchers from poverty, health and nutrition division of the Washington-based ...
Why Environmentalists Want India To Stop Backing Hydropower …
WEBNov 2, 2021 · The appeal included 26 environment groups from India, which has been promoting hydropower projects in the belief that they are clean and sustainable. Environmentalists point to studies ( here and here) conducted in the past decade that have shown that hydropower dams are major emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas 28-34 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Why Ragpickers, Unrecognised And Unpaid, Are Critical For Waste ...
WEBMay 12, 2017 · By 2050, India will be generating 450 million tonnes of garbage annually and ragpickers--who work without any job security, dignity or safety gear, exposed to health hazards, harassment and abuse on the streets--will have to be an important part of its waste management plans. The Ajmer Shatabdi pulls into the New Delhi station every night at ...