Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

The Centre for Science and Environment Director-General, Sunita Narain, has demanded that all junk food be banned from unaided and private schools across the country.

Publication Date:

24/04/2014

Author(s): Madhur Tankha

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Junk Food, Sunita Narain, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Delhi, High Court, Children, Child Health, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Uday Foundation

Health

Don’t leave it to kids to decide what they should eat: NGO

Non-government organisation Uday Foundation, which has sought a ban on the sale of junk food in school premises and within a 500-metre radius, on Wednesday questioned the logic of restricting the a

Publication Date:

24/04/2014

Author(s): Nirnimesh Kumar

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

NGO, Junk Food, Uday Foundation, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Children, Sunita Narain, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Fast Foods

Health

Draft guidelines for making available wholesome, nutritious, safe and hygienic food to school children in India

Status note in the W.P. (C) 8568/2010 titled as Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups vs. Union of India and Others regarding making available quality and safe food in schools.

Publication Date:

01/04/2014

Tags:

Junk Food, Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Nutrition, Child Health, Health Effects, High Court, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Non Communicable Diseases

Energy

Scaling up decentralised renewables for rural electrification

Scaling up decentralised renewables for rural electrification - a presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.

Author(s): Chandra Bhushan

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Renewable Energy, Rural Electrification, Energy, Electricity, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

Energy

The chulha trap - Energy access for health security of the poor

The chulha trap - Energy access for health security of the poor - a presentation by Anumita Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director General, CSE at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.

Author(s): Anumita Roychowdhury

Tags:

Energy, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Health, Firewood, LPG, Kerosene, Coal, Biogas, Tamil Nadu, WHO, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Jhajjar (D), Haryana, Fuel Efficiency, Renewable Energy

Energy

Energy access and renewables: is a leapfrog possible?

Energy access and renewables: is a leapfrog possible? - a presentation by Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014, New Delhi.

Author(s): Sunita Narain

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Energy, Renewable Energy, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Biogas, Biomass, Climate Change, Firewood

Health

Safer? Not always: The myth of herbal

The 'herbal' tag might not always mean 'harmless', say experts, thanks to undefined laws, a lack of regulation and the mostly passive Indian consumer.

Publication Date:

21/02/2014

Author(s): Umang Aggarwal

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

CSE Study, Cosmetics, Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Delhi, NGO

CSE criticises the United Progressive Alliance government's move to let the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill lapse

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) strongly criticises the move of the UPA government to not table the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMMDR) Bill 2011 in the ongoing session of Parliament; this will be the last session of the 15th Lok Sabha. If not passed now, the Bill will lapse.

Tags:

Mining, Legislation, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Benefit Sharing, Corruption, Parliament, Mineral-Based Industry