Anupam Chakravartty

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Anupam Chakravartty is a freelance journalist based in Guwahati

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Women and a nervous regime

Emboldened by SHG movement, reservation in panchayats, women emerge as key constituency

Gujarat passes groundwater bill

The legislation makes it mandatory for farmers to get licence for extracting water

Gujarat passes groundwater bill

The legislation makes it mandatory for farmers to get licence for extracting water

Rajasthan High Court quashes state mining policy favouring masonry stone miners

Petitioners allege loss of public revenue because of discriminatory policy

More funds for watershed programmes

Allocation increased from Rs 3,050 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 5,387 crore

Railway budget proposes a slew of measures for modernisation

Cost will be met through borrowings and debt service fund

Coal mine expansion made easy

One-time capacity expansion does not require public hearing, says environment ministry

Coal companies exempted from public hearing for expansion

One-time hearing okay, says environment ministry

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha

Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states

DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line

Irongate opened

Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron

Mahan coal block gets clearance

Forest rights of Baigas scuttled to clear way to mine dense forest

SC bans transportation of illegally mined ore from Goa

Asks Centre, state to continue with ban on mining in the state

Supreme Court dismisses plea to review order expediting interlinking of rivers

Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach

Centre suspends green clearances to Goa mines

Conditions for restoring clearances not spelt out

An ordeal by water

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Private firms made windfall gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore from coal blocks: CAG

Report names Essar, Tata and Jindal Steel and Power among beneficiaries

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Prepare for more grid failures

Load on the grid will be about four times higher in August

SC allows dismantling of Exxon Valdez at Alang

Prohibits future entry of ships for ship-breaking if they violate Basel Convention

Sethusamudram alternative route not feasible: report

Supreme Court gives Centre eight weeks to decide fate of the project

Two workers exposed to nuclear radiation at Kota

Health hazards unlikely says Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

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