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A non-trivial threat to India's ecological and economic security

On 29th August 2014 the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change of the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as MoEF & CC) set up a High Level Committee headed by former Union Cabinet Secretary Mr. T. S. R. Subramanian, IAS (Retd.).

Publication Date: 
08/01/2015
Leo F. Saldanha, Bhargavi S. Rao
Environment Support Group
Tags:
Environment, Legislation, India, Forests, Wildlife, Pollution Control, Governance, Forest Rights Act 2006, Afforestation, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Management
Land

Amendments to land acquisition Act will ensure higher compensation”

Rubbishing the opposition to amendments to land acquisition law by way of an ordinance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said it would ensure higher compensation for farmers.

Publication Date: 
05/01/2015
Mahim Pratap Singh
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition Act 2013, Compensation, Farmers, Legislation, Land Acquisition, Nuclear Power Plants, Highways, Land
Land

President tells ministers to clarify land acquisition ordinance

Before giving his assent to the land acquisition ordinance, President Pranab Mukherjee is learnt to have sought a “clarification” from ministers in the Modi government to explain to him “the urgenc

Publication Date: 
02/01/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition Act 2013, Coal, Mining, Industry, Legislation, Land
Governance And Institutions

NITI Aayog is new policy body

PM Modi to head panel that will give strategic advice

Publication Date: 
02/01/2015
Puja Mehra
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Planning Commission, Development, Urbanisation, Legislation, Governance And Institutions
Health

New policy envisages rise in public health expenditure

The draft National Health Policy (NHP) 2015 unveiled on Wednesday envisages a potentially achievable target of raising public health expenditure to 2.5 per cent of the GDP.

Publication Date: 
02/01/2015
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health Policy, Health Care, Non Communicable Diseases, Legislation, Health
Health

MTP Amendment Bill, 2014: towards re-imagining abortion care

In India, the 1971 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, while allowing abortions under a broad range of circumstances, can be considered a conservative law from a feminist perspective. The Act allows healthcare providers rather than women seeking abortion to have the final say on abortion, and creates an environment wi

Publication Date: 
01/01/2015
Shweta Krishnan
Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
12
1
43-46
Tags:
Maternal Health, Health Policy, India, Legislation
Economy

Handbook on CSR for Corporates and NPOs

This book is a comprehensive guide on: Corporate Social Responsibility Laws, Formulation of Corporate Foundations & NPOs, Implementing CSR through NPOs , Governance & Legal Regulations for NPOs, FCRA implications on CSR, Income tax implications on CSR , CSR implications on foreign Companies, FEMA implications on foreign NPOs.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2015
Dr. Manoj Fogla
Financial Management Services Foundation (FMSF)
Tags:
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Legislation, Governance
Natural Disasters

Compendium of laws on disaster management

Different legislations have been enacted at the State and Central level to deal with different types of disasters. Of these there are certain Acts whose operation spread across different types of disasters and deal with disasters in general. Also there are disaster specific statutes prescribing norms for tackling a particular type of disaster.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2015
National Disaster Management Authority
Tags:
Disaster Management, Legislation, Natural Disasters, India
Agriculture

Providing intellectual property protection to farmers’ varieties in India under the Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001

India is the first country to provide substantial rights to farmers and registration of their varieties for IPR under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act. Obviously, in the initial years the filing of applications was slow and inconsistent, and it was restricted to few crop species.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2015
R R Hanchinal
Journal of Intellectual Property Rights
20
1
7-18
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, India, Legislation, Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), WTO, Plant Breeding, Crop Biodiversity
Governance And Institutions

Government establishes NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) to replace Planning Commission

NITI Aayog will seek to provide a critical directional and strategic input into the development process

In accordance with a key announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day, the Union Government today established NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), as replacement for the Planning Commission. This comes after extensive consultation across the spectrum of stakeholders, including state governments, domain experts and relevant institutions.

Tags:
India, Planning Commission, Food Security, Urbanisation, Environment, Legislation, Governance And Institutions

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