NEW DELHI: A bill for setting up National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), an independent body of professionals to monitor compliance of green laws in the country, will be tabled in monsoon session of Parliament by the government.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will again try to convince the Opposition to support the contentious Civil Nuclear Liability Bill with the intent to introduce it in the second half of the Budget session (April-May).

MANISH ANAND

In a fresh bid to revive the dying Yamuna, the Delhi government has come up with a novel proposal. It wants the upper riparian states -Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh -to ensure that the 22-km-long stretch of the river flowing through Delhi remains pollution-free. It has come up with a draft bill, which it would like Parliament to pass, to ensure this.

Iron, Fluoride, Salinity, Arsenic Beyond Tolerance Levels In Many Districts: Govt
New Delhi: Groundwater in more than a third of Indian districts is not fit for drinking. The government, in reply to a parliamentary question, admitted that iron levels in ground water are higher than those prescribed in 254 districts while fluoride levels have breached the safe level in 224 districts.

House full as Opposition legislators return
Mining and its closure, rise in the cost of construction material, the impact on environment and the resulting rehabilitation and restoration plan dominated question hour discussion in the assembly today.

Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 1:08 IST

The tussle over the genetically-modified brinjal, also known as Bt brinjal, between the various lobbies in the government may turn more complicated, as a Parliament Standing Committee representing various political parties is likely to disapprove of the introduction of Bt brinjal in India in its suo motu report on the issue.

Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

HOW CAN A LOWLY VEGETABLE BE AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY? IS THERE A FOREIGN HAND IN YOUR BELLY? SHOMA CHAUDHURY LAYS BARE THE COMPLEX STORY OF Bt BRINJAL AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU