Health

Adding diversity to plate

The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with the aim to increase its nutritional value.

Publication Date: 
04/02/2022
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Nutrition, Malnutrition, India, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Public Distribution System (PDS), Mid-Day Meal Programme, Right To Information (RTI)
Governance And Institutions

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding on whether non-governmental organisations financed by government fall under RTI Act 2005, 17/09/2019

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society & Others Vs Director of Public Instructions & Others dated 17/09/2019 on whether non-governmental organisations substantially financed by the appropriate government fall within the ambit of ‘public authority’ under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Under the Act, a public authority is required to maintain records in terms of Chapter II and every citizen has the right to get information from the public authority.

Judgement Date: 
17/09/2019
Tags:
Right To Information (RTI), NGOs, Supreme Court, Finance, Education, India
Environment

Pattiseema doesn’t have environmental clearance

Visakhapatnam: Environment activist and former bureaucrat EAS Sarma said on Thursday that the Pattiseema project has not been given the required environment clearance.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2019
Times of India (Visakhapatnam)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Environment Clearance (EC), Right To Information (RTI), Central Water Commission (CWC), Polavaram, Environment
Environment

Global City nod flouts green rules: Activists

Gurgaon: Green activists are up in arms over the district administration’s nod to the Global City project which, they allege, has been given without the necessary environmental clearance and despit

Publication Date: 
26/06/2019
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Gurgaon (T), Environment Clearance (EC), Right To Information (RTI), Eco-Sensitive Zone, Environment
Environment

HC notice on use of PVC flexboards harmful poll material

Ludhiana: Taking serious note of the impact of usage of PVC flexboards and other harmful material being used by the candidates during the elections, the Punjab and Haryana high court has issued not

Publication Date: 
06/05/2019
Times of India (Ludhiana)
Tags:
Punjab, Ludhiana (D), Plastics, Political Parties, Right To Information (RTI), Environmental Security, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Environment, High Court
Environment

Env impact not assessed for Futala project, Bharat Van road

Nagpur: While making plans for redeveloping the historic Futala lake and constructing a road through the lush green PDKV land in Bharat Nagar, the civic authorities seem to have missed out on evalu

Publication Date: 
17/04/2019
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmentalists, Right To Information (RTI), National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Water Resources, Environment
Health

Maharashtra tops in HIV-related deaths in 2018-2019

MUMBAI: The state has earned the dubious distinction of recording the highest number of HIV-related deaths (1,509) in the country in 2018-19.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2019
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, AIDS, Right To Information (RTI), Health Effects, Health
Environment

Delhi: Acoustic cameras to keep honking in check

NEW DELHI: Acoustic cameras at busy intersections may help catch honking drivers by alerting authorities and locating the source.

Publication Date: 
11/04/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Noise Pollution, Right To Information (RTI), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment
Environment

Second deadline gone, Haryana government yet to submit report defining Aravali NCZ

Gurgaon: The Haryana government has missed another deadline to submit a report of the ground-truthing (ground verification) exercise to delineate areas falling under the Aravalis Natural Conservati

Publication Date: 
08/04/2019
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Haryana, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Right To Information (RTI), Environmentalists, Forests, Environment
Health

Institutional deliveries in hospitals up by 14% in 5 years

The number of deliveries in private and government hospitals in Delhi has increased by 14% in the last five years, the directorate of family welfare (DFW) has stated in response to an RTI.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Family Planning, Right To Information (RTI), Infant mortality, Health Care, Health

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