An Act to provide for the establishment of Special Economic Zones to promote and set up self-contained large industrial townships, with world class infrastructure to accelerate and facilitate both public and private sector participation in an internationally competitive and hassle free environment for export promotion thereby securing large dividends in terms of economic and industrial development

This draft Meghalaya mining policy details series measures initiated by the government to tap various minerals. It stresses on urgent need to protect the environment along with the mining activities & talks about foreign direct investment and public-private partnership to tap rich mineral resources.

The opening address by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the historic Summit on climate change in New York on 22 September 2009. This event is aimed at mobilizing political will and strengthening momentum for a fair, effective, and ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen climate conference-Dec 2009.

This is the Summary Report of the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2009), organised by IGES in Hayama, Japan on 26-27 June 2009.

Minutes of the meeting of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority for the NCR held on September 19 & 26, 2009, October 03 & 10, 2009 and November 24, 2009, issues related to three wheelers (TSRs) in Delhi.

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) released this Asia-Pacific Gas Market Growth report which is undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers for APPEA under the
auspices of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP).

The broad objective of the report is to formulate technically viable proposal enabling funding agencies to implement a comprehensive and scientifically viable water conservation, artificial recharge and rain water harvesting program in the entire NCR, on loan/grant basis. The implementation strategy will have active community participation and awareness generation
programs.

The proposal on creation of an autonomous National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. NEPA is envisaged to take over the job of giving environmental clearances from the ministry.

These rules may be called the Plastics (Manufacture, Usage and Waste Management) Rules, 2009. They shall come in to force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

Correspondence between Microsoft and FICCI concerning judicial roundtable organized by the Maharashtra State Judicial Academy in collaboration with FICCI.