The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess (Amendment) Act, 2003
An Act further to amend the Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act,1977.
Water Cess Act 1977
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Soft drink firms may have to pay higher water cess
The water resources ministry has inched closer to imposing a higher and unified cess on the use of water by industry. A sub-group of the ministry has affirmed that a cess on industrial use of water is necessary.
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Free flow
Water: industry is misusing it, but for how long?
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Balancing act
Energy: economic and environmental compatibility
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Black liquor
Agro based pulp and paper: technological inability?
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Flaying the environment
Tanneries: ill managed, technologically challenged
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Stranglehold
Pesticides: what"s the way out?
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A non priority?
Environment managers do not count
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By hook, crook or vision
Profits and a cleaner environment can sometimes complement each other. But Indian companies are still mired in poison. They must now look for a cure. They must act now
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Evaluation study on the functioning of State Pollution Control Boards
This study was taken up at the instance of Planning Commission, with a primary objectives of understanding the functioning of the SPCBs and their efficacy in controlling water and air pollution, finding out the efficacy of functional tools employed by them in carrying out their objectives and identifying the constraints to their effective functioning.
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Time to pay up
Industries will have to pay a higher tax on water