Policies & Legislations

Rajasthan Plans Country’s first Water Resources Law

According to reports, Rajasthan may become the first state to enact a law on managing water resources. Water is India’s…

14 years ago

Upcoming climate change conference at Durban, South Africa

Climate Change has become an alarming concern across the globe. It is a global challenge which requires an ambitious global…

14 years ago

National Solar Mission

The National Solar mission is part of the eight climate change missions of India. Building a solar India is a…

14 years ago

Online accounting system to check illegal mining

The government is planning to put in place an online system by December for mandatory registration of all minerals-related transactions…

14 years ago

Emphasis on forest conservation and management under the MDG 7- Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted in the year 2000 with set targets to be achieved by 2015. Poverty reduction…

14 years ago

Palakkad adivasis to get a share of profits of SUZLON

The Kerala government has decided to share profits with the Palakkad adivasis of Kerala. Suzlon had erected windmills and according…

14 years ago

Millennium Development Goals – Indian perspective

In the historic year of 2000, 189 nations pledged in the form of eight ‘Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)’ to help…

14 years ago

An overview of the Draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill, 2011

The draft Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill is out in public domain on 27th July 2011. This is…

15 years ago

Environmental Jurisprudence in India -Part 1

The causes of environmental problems are manifold. Some of them are a direct result of unfavourable negative impacts of various…

15 years ago

Environmental Jurisprudence in India -Part 2

Cont. from Part 1 Some important court petitions and judgements In the case of M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India…

15 years ago