Government Of India (GOI)

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding minimum standards of relief for victims of disaster, 05/04/2016

Disaster management plans as per Section 11 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 needs to be made to tackle the post disaster situations: Supreme Court

Looking into the poor state of Disaster management in the country, Supreme Court on April 5, 2016 directed the Union of India and the States to submit an affidavit showing whether there is any approved plan that frames minimum standards of relief for victims of disaster. The Court also directed the National Disaster Management Authority to communicate to the concerned Chief Secretaries of the States where the districts in respect of which the plans have not been drawn up and to see to it that the plans are drawn up as stipulated under Section 31 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

Judgement Date:

05/04/2016

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Management, Droughts, Farmers, India, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI)

Air Pollution

10-year-old trucks might have to be scrapped

The central government is looking at lowering the age for scrapping old trucks and buses to 10 years from 15 years.

Publication Date:

22/03/2016

Author(s): Swaraj Baggonkar

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Government Of India (GOI), Vehicular Pollution, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Bharat Stage IV, Air Pollution Control

Environment

Centre gives nod for four greenfield airports

The Centre has given its clearance for four greenfield airports — three in Andhra Pradesh and an international airport at Dholera in Gujarat.

Publication Date:

29/12/2015

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Government Of India (GOI), Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Nellore (D), Kurnool (D), Airport, Hyderabad

Environment

Living dead

Three decades after the Bhopal gas lead killed a few thousand people overnight, the struggle continues for its survivors. A number of issues concerning the survivors of the disaster, termed the biggest industrial accident in history, seemed close to resolution this year, but none was resolved.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Source: India Environment Portal

Tags:

Bhopal Gas Disaster, Industrial Disasters, Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes, Union Carbide, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Health Effects, Genetic Disorders, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Chemical Leakages, Compensation, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Groundwater Pollution, CSE Study, United States Of America (US), Waste Disposal

Environment

प्लास्टिक के तिरंगे पर बैन

राजधानी में प्लास्टिक से बने हुए तिरंगे अब नजर नहीं आएंगे। दिल्ली सरकार ने अपने सभी डिपार्टमेंट्स को इस बारे में डायरेक्शन जारी कर दिए हैं।

Publication Date:

26/10/2015

Source: Navbharat Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Plastics, Non Biodegradable Waste, Government Of India (GOI), Biodegradable Waste, Environment

Health

Affordable healthcare threatened! Concern for all stakeholders

The outrageous price rise of the 62-year-old drug, Daraprim (Pyrimethamine) has sent the United States medical fraternity into a dizzy. The price of the drug was raised from USD 13.50 to USD 750 per pill in just over a month. This obnoxious price rise of over 5,000% came after the New York-based pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals acquired the patent for the drug from Impax Laboratories. (Editorial)

Original Source

Publication Date:

25/10/2015

Author(s): Samir K. Brahmachari, Nisha Chandran

Source: Current Science

Vol:

109

Issue:

8

pp:

1375-1376

Tags:

Health Care, India, Health For All, Drugs, Patents, Drug Industry, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Public Sector, Government Of India (GOI)

Governance And Institutions

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding aadhaar card use for government schemes, 15/10/2015

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K. S. Puttaswamy Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/10/2015 regarding aadhaar card use for government schemes.

The Apex Court in its Order stated that the "Aadhaar card Scheme is purely voluntary and it cannot be made mandatory till the matter is finally decided by this Court one way or the other".

Judgement Date:

15/10/2015

Tags:

Governance, Services, Government Of India (GOI), Supreme Court

Governance And Institutions

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Aadhaar Card Scheme, 11/08/2015

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Others Versus Union of India & Others dated 11/08/2015 regarding Aadhaar Card Scheme.

Judgement Date:

11/08/2015

Tags:

Governance, People, Information, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI)

Agriculture

Soil Health Card scheme takes off gingerly

The Narendra Modi government is projecting its programme for issuance of Soil Health Cards (SHC) to farmers as a “flagship programme” but so far against a target of 84 lakh cards, only 34 lakh have

Publication Date:

17/07/2015

Author(s): Gargi Parsai

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

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