Health

How childhood stunting reduced in Gujarat: An analysis of change between 1992 and 2016

India comprises one-sixth of the world’s population and one-third of the global burden of undernutrition. Between 2006 and 2016, India made progress in reducing stunting among children below five years; the progress, however, was not uniform across all its states.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2021
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Child Health, Nutrition, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Gujarat
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding responsibility of the state to check hazardous industrial activities operating without requisite safeguards, 23/03/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News item published in the “Indian Express” dated 04.11.2020 titled “Ahmedabad: Nine killed as godown collapses after factory blast” dated 23/03/2021. The matter related to a blast at a chemical boiler factory at Pirana-Piplaj road, Ahemdabd on November 4, 2020 in which 13 people lost their lives and nine were injured.

Judgement Date: 
23/03/2021
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Gujarat, Hazardous Industry, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Occupational Accidents, Industrial Workers, Compensation
Energy

Health and economic impacts of unabated coal power generation in Delhi-NCR

Coal based power plants are a major source of air pollution in India. After notification of emission standards for coal plants in December 2015, it’s been six years of sluggish implementation of the same resulting in huge health and economic damage costs.

Publication Date: 
22/03/2021
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
Tags:
Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding direction of GPCB on Virat Alloys, 18/03/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Virat Alloys (P) Ltd. Vs Gujarat Pollution Control Board dated 18/03/2021.

Judgement Date: 
18/03/2021
Tags:
Compensation, Hazardous Waste, Waste Disposal, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Gujarat
Industry

Report by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board on Stagot Potartoes Products, Sundha, taluk Palanpur, district Banaskantha, Gujarat, 05/03/2021

Action taken report by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board on the allegations of pollution by M/S Stagot Potartoes Products LLP, Survey No. 675/1, at Sundha, taluk Palanpur, district Banaskantha. The unit was visited on March 5, 2021.

Judgement Date: 
05/03/2021
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Banas Kantha, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Waste, Waste Disposal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Agro-Based Industry
Climate Change

Why gender matters: climate change and agriculture in India

Climate change is a threat to all livelihoods. However, people engaged in agriculture, particularly women, are disproportionately burdened by the vagaries of climate. As a consequence, existing gender inequalities in agriculture are likely to widen.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2021
Somiha Chatterjee
Social and Political Research Foundation
Tags:
Climate Change, Agriculture, Women, India, Odisha, Kerala, Gujarat
Water Resources

Groundwater Year Book 2019-20: Gujarat State

Central Ground Water Board, West Central Region, has been issuing Ground Water Year Book annually for Gujarat state by compiling the hydrogeological, hydrochemical and groundwater level data collected from the Groundwater Monitoring Wells established by the Board in Gujarat State.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2021
Central Ground Water Board
Tags:
Groundwater, Groundwater Quality, Gujarat, Groundwater Recharge
Mining

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding grant of EC for a limestone mining project, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, 26/02/2021

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gabhabhai Devabhai Chauhan & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/02/2021.

Judgement Date: 
26/02/2021
Tags:
Limestone, Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), Bhavnagar (D), Gujarat, Supreme Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Water Pollution

Report to the NGT on steps taken for pollution abatement and conservation activities of Tapi river project, Gujarat, 15/02/2021

Compliance report in Original Application No. 50/2018 (WZ) in the matter of Nav Yuva Sangathan & Others Vs The Secretary, Narmada Water Resources & Others). The matter related to pollution abatement and conservation activities of Tapi river project.

Judgement Date: 
15/02/2021
Tags:
Tapi, River Pollution, Water Pollution Control, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Gujarat, Waste Disposal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Municipal Corporations
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of EC in running the Mundra Ultra Mega Thermal Power Project, Kutch district, Gujarat, 10/02/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2021.

The issue raised in the application related to compliance of Environmental Clearance (EC) conditions in running the 4000 MW Mundra Ultra Mega Thermal Power Project at village Tunda, near Mundra, District Kutchh, Gujarat by M/s Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd (CGPL).

Judgement Date: 
10/02/2021
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Marine Ecosystems, Mangroves, Marine Fisheries, Marine Fisherfolk, Kuchchh, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution, Environment Clearance (EC)

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