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Inequality Inc.: how corporate power divides our world and the need for a new era of public action

The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 —at a rate of $14 million per hour— while nearly five billion people have been made poorer, reveals a new Oxfam report on inequality and global corporate power.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2024
Oxfam International
Tags:
Poverty, Economy, Industry, India, Global, GDP
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Mohan Meakin Private Limited, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, 09/01/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding In re : News item appearing in Tribune dated 15.12.2023 titled “Kasauli Distillery dumps effluent into water source, supply affected” dated 09/01/2024.

Judgement Date: 
09/01/2024
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution, Industrial Waste, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding death of five children after drowning in brick kiln pits, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, 05/01/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024.

In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were dug by upto 15-20 feet and later they were abandoned. During the rainy season, water got filled in those ditches and five children drowned and died.

Judgement Date: 
05/01/2024
Tags:
Bricks, Industry, Muzaffarnagar (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Children
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by Nectar Life Sciences Limited, village Haibatpur, tehsil Dera Bassi, District SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, 05/01/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shalbhjit Singh Vs State of Punjab dated 05/01/2024.

In the application, the grievance was against the industry M/s Nectar Life Sciences Limited (a pharmaceutical unit) discharging highly polluted chemical effluents in the agricultural fields causing damage to the crop, land and other incidental issues.

Judgement Date: 
05/01/2024
Tags:
Drug Industry, Industrial Pollution, Mohali (D), Punjab, Industrial Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding alleged encroachment of forest land by Shyam Sel & Power Limited, Durgapur, West Bengal, 05/01/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sushovan Saw Vs MoEF& Others dated 05/01/2024.

Judgement Date: 
05/01/2024
Tags:
Iron And Steel Industry, Durgapur, Forest Encroachments, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Compliance report filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board on industrial units in Roop Nagar, Arya Nagar and Tronica city of Loni area, Ghaziabad, 02/01/2024

Compliance report by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in Original Application No 248 of 2023 (Varun Gulati Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others).

Judgement Date: 
02/01/2024
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Pollution Control, Ghaziabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Yamuna, Hindon, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Industry

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Tilaiya a storm water drain which falls in river Saryu, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 22/12/2023

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Durga Prasad Yadav & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 22/12/2023.

Judgement Date: 
22/12/2023
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution, Soft Drinks Industry, Waste Disposal, River Pollution, Allahabad (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Afforestation, Water Management
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of brick kilns, Ajmatpur Bindki, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, 21/12/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Piyush Kumar Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 21/12/2023.

Judgement Date: 
21/12/2023
Tags:
Bricks, Fatehpur (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution
Industry

Performance audit on role of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in the industrial development of Maharashtra

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged several issues in the functioning of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in its report, highlighting unutilised industrial plots, systemic delays in implementation of land rates, undue concessions being granted to allottees, direct allotment of plots to ineligi

Publication Date: 
20/12/2023
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Industry, Development, Maharashtra, Land Acquisition
Industry

Report of the Joint Committee regarding pollution caused due to transportation of coal and fly ash in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh , 19/12/2023

Report of the Joint Committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated October 11, 2023 in Original Application 862 0f 2022 Pankaj Kumar Mishra Vs Union of India with respect to Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh).

Judgement Date: 
19/12/2023
Tags:
Fly Ash, Coal, Singrauli (D), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Industrial Pollution

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