e-waste handling rules, which came into effect from Tuesday, will not make much difference at the ground-level, as there is no monitoring mechanism or guideline in place, says Toxics Link.
The ready-to-eat food market players such as ITC and MTR could get access to a much larger market if the proposed draft Food Security Bill, as cleared by the EGoM, has its way.
Mandatory permits and a cess on groundwater use to irrigate cash crops, run industry or for mining are among the measures proposed by the Government in a draft Bill that aims at conserving groundwa