India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Parties
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Solar scientist bats for environment friendly election campaign
KOLKATA: Solar power expert and scientist S P Gon Chaudhuri has written to the chief election commissioner of India so that environment friendly election campaigning measures could be taken up, like bicycle
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SC reiterates its order to stop defacement of natural environment
Says Tamil Nadu government failed to imbibe the spirit of its directive, did not give meaningful response The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Tamil Nadu government for not giving a “meaningful
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Green protocol to be enforced during polls
District Coordinators will be nodal officers The District Coordinators of the Suchitwa Mission will be the nodal officers in each district to implement green protocol during the election process.
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EC asks parties to go for plastic-free poll campaign in tune with India's green commitment
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of India’s commitment to eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022, the Election Commission has asked all political parties and contesting candidates to desist
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Plea in Supreme Court for ban on poll road shows
Threat to environment, traffic snarls and exposing political leaders to possible attacks from terrorists cited as reasons The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a plea for “urgent” hearing
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Decide within a week on use of plastic poll material, NGT tells EC
NEW DELHI: Taking note of a plea based on several studies and a TOI report on concerns over use of single-use plastic in campaigning materials during polls, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked
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Environmental NGOs and people’s rights groups release pre-poll manifesto
Every public action and policy must be judged through the lens of transparency, equality, participatory democracy and its impact on those who are vulnerable, deprived and marginalised as well as on natural
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Ahead of polls, Environment Ministry issues advisory to reduce plastic usage in campaigning
The advisory said that the upcoming general elections present an excellent opportunity to introduce a behavioral change in election campaigning and promote sustainable practices. In the run-up to the
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Protect future generations by conserving environment: Guv
Governor Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday appealed people to make optimum individual efforts to maintain balance of environment so that the coming generation could be protected from the dangers of it. The Governor,
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Punjab: Congress’ ‘green manifesto’ plan in cold storage
The manifesto had also promised that Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) will be made ‘accountable’ to take strict action against ‘industries disposing industrial toxic waste into water bodies, rivers,