Land

'10-times better' rehab package to woo locals

KOLKATA: In a bid to address the growing opposition to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant project, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has finalized a new Rs 650 crore rehabilitation package, which it claims is "10 times" more effective than the existing one. The plant is an Indo-French joint venture. "We have improved the rehabilitation package by 10 times.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2011
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Rehabilitation, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), Power Industry, Energy, Ratnagiri (D), Compensation, Land
Energy

Man who spoke against Jaitapur plant held

Days after he was stopped from speaking against the government during a public hearing regarding the Jaitapur nuclear power project, local resident Milind Desai and 12 others were arrested by the Ratnagiri police on Tuesday for cases of rioting registered against them after an incident in December 2010.

Desai was arrested early in the morning from his residence and sent in police custody for th

Publication Date: 
02/03/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ratnagiri (D), Maharashtra, Energy, Public Hearing, Compensation
Land

Thermal project ready to compensate farmers

Publication Date: 
05/02/2011
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Compensation, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh, Urbanisation, Energy, Vishakhapatnam (D), Fisherfolk, Land Acquisition
Energy

Haryana to be power self-reliant by 12: CM

Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said that efforts were being made to make the state self-reliant in power by 2012.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Faridabad (D), Haryana, Energy, Water Conservation, Horticulture, Sutlej Yamuna Link, Thermal Power Plants, Compensation, Rehabilitation
Energy

Oil cos to be compensated, says Sundareshan

The petroleum ministry on Thursday said the government is committed to adequately compensating state-owned oil marketing companies for the losses they incur on selling diesel and cooking fuel below cost.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Oil Exploration, Energy, Compensation, Petrochemical Industry, India
Energy

Not liable

The passage by both houses of Parliament of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 marks yet another step in the United Progressive Alliance government

Publication Date: 
03/09/2010
Economic and Political Weekly
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Nuclear Power Plants, Energy, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Safety, India, Private Sector, Atomic Energy Act 1962, Legislation, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), Nuclear Wastes, Health Effects, Compensation
Environment

Refinery closed after workers shut down power plant

Nageshwar Patnaik BHUBANESHWAR

VEDANTA Resources

Publication Date: 
02/09/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Power Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Energy, Vedanta Aluminium, Industry, Kalahandi, Compensation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment

Stronger role of Gram Sabhas needed to check displacement and pollution - Report of a public hearing

Pollution and displacement increasingly threaten the life and livelihood-indeed the very existence - of several rural communities. Panchayati Raj can play a very important role in checking this, but this potential has not been adequately realised yet. A lot of work needs to be done to realise this potential of panchayat raj in checking pollution and displacement.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Bharat Dogra
Panchayati Raj Update
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Gram Sabhas, Environment, Pollution, Displacement, Panchayats, Gorakhpur (D), Kushinagar, Land Acquisition, Compensation, Industrial Pollution, Public Hearing
Energy

Discussion in Lok Sabha on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill (25/08/2010)

Read this Discussion in Lok Sabha on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010.The bill has been approved after the government agreed to opposition’s demand for strengthening a contentious provision relating to suppliers' liability in the legislation.

 

 

Publication Date: 
24/08/2010
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Nuclear Power Plants, India, Nuclear Safety, Radiation, Health Effects, Nuclear Accidents, Uranium, United States Of America (US), Compensation, Energy
Energy

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 - As passed by Lok Sabha on 25th August, 2010

The Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, 2010 that got approved in Lok Sabha on Aug 25, 2010 after government dropped the controversial provision on "intent" as a precondition for holding suppliers liable for a nuclear accident caused by defective equipment.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2010
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Nuclear Power Plants, Energy, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Accidents, India, Atomic Energy Act 1962, Nuclear Wastes, Radiation, Health Effects, Compensation

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