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Government finds Rs 20,000 crore not enough to clean Ganga
More than a year after the Narendra Modi government kept an outlay of Rs 20,000 crore for its Namami Gange programme, the question remains whether the amount is enough to carry out a task as herculean
11 Sep 2016 5:54 AM
Rajasthan water table on the rise
Even as the Centre plans to come up with stringent legislation for extraction of groundwater in view of worryingly depleting ground water levels, one of the driest states of the country — Rajasthan —
08 Sep 2016 12:49 AM
Government criticised for claiming arsenic kit costly
The parliamentary committee on estimates called the government’s claim that arsenic testing kits, used to check groundwater contamination, could not be procured since they are “very costly” as “unacce
26 Aug 2016 7:12 AM
Ganga Act will empower govt to punish polluters
The proposed Ganga Act, which, if enacted, will be the first-of-its-kind legislation for river regulation in India, its aim being to bring under the Centre’s ambit the power to penalise the polluters.
22 Aug 2016 1:53 AM
Water ministry asks for Ganga fund audit
In an attempt to put in place proper “checks and balances” for ensuring that the funds used in clean Ganga project are used “efficiently,” the water ministry has written to the comptroller and auditor
17 Aug 2016 12:41 AM
Chemical mishaps rules to change
The Centre is feeling the need to amend the rules on chemical accidents in the wake of incidents in the “recent past”.
16 Aug 2016 2:12 AM
Smart Ganga City programme launched in 10 cities
In an attempt to give pace to the ambitious Clean Ganga project, Union ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Uma Bharti on Saturday launched “Smart Ganga City” programme in 10 locations along the river.
14 Aug 2016 12:12 AM
All-party meet on J&K tomorrow
Union home minister Rajnath Singh declared Wednesday that “no power on earth can take Kashmir from India”, squarely blaming Pakistan for “whatever is happening in Kashmir.” The government has decided
11 Aug 2016 4:19 AM
Panel reveals ‘pathetic’ state of water bodies
The parliamentary standing committee on water resources has expressed deep concerns on the “pathetic” state of water bodies in the national capital where “as many as 2,015 have been fully encroached u
08 Aug 2016 6:33 AM
Andhra Pradesh special status bill is referred to Lok Sabha Speaker
Amid the political jousting in Rajya Sabha over the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amen-dment) Bill that seeks special status for the state, deputy chairman P.J.
06 Aug 2016 6:06 AM
Ganga body will verify funds for projects
To ensure that the funds released to states under the Clean Ganga mission are not inflated, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the nodal body for the project implementation, is planning to set u
31 Jul 2016 1:15 AM
House unlocks afforestation fund
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Campa (Compensatory Afforestation Manage-ment and Planning Authority) Bill after the government assured the Opposition members of taking into account concerns ra
29 Jul 2016 7:31 AM
Congress questions PM’s silence on dalit attacks
On Wednesday, following the BSP-led uproar in Rajya Sabha over the beating up of of two Muslim women in Madhya Pradesh on the suspicion of carrying beef, deputy leader of Congress in the Rajya Sabha,
28 Jul 2016 6:39 AM
Opposition raises storm over ‘gau raksha’ violence
The issue of atrocities in the name of cow protection resurfaced in the Upper House on Wednesday after the Opposition parties — the BSP and the Congress — created an uproar over the beating of two Mus
28 Jul 2016 1:57 AM
Trash skimmers at high rates for Ganga cleaning
The Centre may end up spending more on its river surface cleaning programme, part of their ambitious Namami Gange project, by hiring trash skimmers at exorbitant rates.
25 Jul 2016 1:30 AM
Country won’t forgive BJP: Mayawati
BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday reacted with anguish in the Rajya Sabha to the derogatory comment against her by the BJP’s Uttar Pradesh vice-president Dayashankar Singh, saying “his remarks are for
21 Jul 2016 7:24 AM
Rajasthan industrial project: MoEF panel defers clearance
The Union environment ministry’s expert panel has deferred environment clearance to a proposal for expansion of Kuber Industrial area in Kota in Rajasthan, just few kilometres away from a Tiger reserv
14 Jul 2016 1:32 AM
Bill to curb use of ground water
Waking up to the deepening crisis of unregulated extraction of ground water across the country causing fast depletion of water tables, the Union water resource, river development and Ganga rejuvenatio
10 Jul 2016 1:31 AM
MoEF set to explore Northeast for its biodiversity
The environment ministry is all set to launch a drive to discover the flora and fauna of some areas in the Northeast part of the country, which so far remain unexplored.
09 Jul 2016 1:40 AM
Law to expedite Clean Ganga plan soon
Faced with worryingly slow progress of the clean Ganga (Namami Gange) project, the Water ministry looks set to bring in a new law to expedite implementation of the ambitious plan.
05 Jul 2016 1:12 AM
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