Compensation

how planets form: Elongated dust clouds, rather than fluffy blobs of dust, are the seeds of planet formation. This is the finding of experiments conducted by J

Publication Date:

14/08/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040815

pp:

0

Tags:

Rivers, Fish, Chemical Industry, Compensation, Health Care, Industry, Genetic Engineering, Research, Germany, Planets

Environment

The Supreme Court's order to disburse among the Bhopal gas victims the unspent compensation amount remaining with the RBI presents an opportunity to reopen and correct the distortions in the 1989 settlement reached between Union Carbide Corporation and the Government of India.

Publication Date:

13/08/2004

Author(s): V. Venkatesan

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI)

Environment

The slow express

Bhopal gets promised a long awaited Rsl,503 crore

For some, the figure of Rsl,503 crore may appear a bounty. But lakhs of people in Bhopal have been waiting anxiously for several years to get this money, and it's rightfully theirs for the taking. A Supreme Court diktat that would enable them to get the money had been eluding them.

Publication Date:

02/08/2004

Author(s): Anil Sharma

Source: Business India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Bhopal, Compensation, Gas Leakages, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh

Environment

Supreme Court order on Bhopal Gas Disaster dated 19/07/2004

Supreme Court order dated July 19 2004 directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to release Rs 1503 crore deposited with it by the company for disbursement to Bhopal gas tragedy victims.

Publication Date:

19/07/2004

Source: International Environmental Law Research Centre

Tags:

Environment, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh, Switzerland, International Environmental Law Research Centre, Health Effects

Industry

Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of forest land

Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of forest land for Salt Washery and Desalination Plant near Dhrub village in favour of M/s. Adani Chemicals Ltd., in District Kutch, Gujarat dated 13th May 2004.

Publication Date:

13/05/2004

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Gujarat, Kuchchh, Forests, Salt, Afforestation, Compensation

India

In Court

sole authority: The Supreme Court (SC) of India has ruled that only the Union government can enforce laws on mineral oil resources, which include natural gas (NG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). It

Publication Date:

29/04/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040430

pp:

0

Tags:

Oil Pollution, LPG, Compensation, Oil, Natural Gas, Legislation, Supreme Court, India

India

RED ALERT in nuclear India

India s pampered nuclear power programme is losing steam. Uranium stocks are almost over; people won t let the government dig new mines; all projects are running late and new technology is almost impossible to get as decommissioning reactors is the trend

Publication Date:

29/04/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040430

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Pollution Control, Mining, Uranium, Health Effects, Nuclear Power, Compensation, Radiation, Occupational Health, Fast Breeders, Supreme Court, India, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Meghalaya

India

Pain in the pipeline

What looked like a boon has turned into a nightmare for the 130 farming families in the Caucasus village of Khaishi, Georgia. They feel cheated out of the us $330,000 that an oil company owed them

Publication Date:

14/02/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040215

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Use, Compensation, Petrochemical Industry, Russia

India

Short changed?

A petition filed by the Bhopal gas tragedy victims has prompted the Supreme Court to ask the Union government for an explanation. The discrepancy in the compensation amount due to the victims appears too huge to go unnoticed...

Publication Date:

14/02/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), India