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 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 government of Maharashtra is offering subsidies for liquor production from foodgrains. This policy will turn jowar into a cash crop and divert huge quantities of foodgrains to alcohol production, creating scarcity and causing food inflation.
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: Though the State Environment Department had launched a campaign to ensure that the Capital disposes of plastic in an environment-friendly manner, it seems clueless about the number of plastic mineral water bottles used and disposed of in the city every day.
Concerned over the failure of the state pollution control board to impose an effective check on polluting units in the industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN), a local environment action group, Him Parivesh, has taken initiative to involve the affected people in monitoring of pollution levels.
The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has admitted that the sewage of Chandigarh and Mohali was being discharged into the seasonal N-choe, which originates from Chandigarh and passes through various parts of the city before reaching Mohali.
Reversing wrongs could be a better idea than throwing rights at people whose strength is used up entirely in the daily struggle against exclusion. Running to courts to enforce their rights is not even on the periphery of their consciousnes
The Indian government is adopting a rights-based approach and converting the Directive Principles into Fundamental Rights, which are enforceable in the court of law. That is why we have seen a plethora of rights-based laws recently-right to education, right to employment, right to forest, right to information and now, right to food.
Citizens have long been frustrated by the secretive nature of the public-private partnerships (PPPs). A Madras High Court judgement on Tirupur water project SPV kindles hopes that PPPs will now be compelled to open up.
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: This 60-year-old farmer used RTI to expose how Rakhial village administration clandestinely passed fake resolutions to allow illegal sand mining. The issue was an eye-opener for the state geology and mining department which is the regulatory body for sandmining activities in the state. The department immediately set up a fact-finding team to investigate the cases.
Sachin Sharma | TNN Vadodara: Two years ago, he stripped to his trunks much like the elderly character in the movie
Bhopal gas tragedy victims on Thursday accused the Madhya Pradesh Government of concealing facts, and said it continued to deny publicly that 16,000 people had died in the aftermath of the tragedy and 5,000 women were widowed.