Around 80 households out of 250 denied PDS welfare in Baramsar
As told to Parliament (December 19, 2022): No evidence to link poor AQI in NCR with green cracker burning
Dying for ration: Biometric glitches in Rajasthan villages keep the poor hungry
Dying for ration: These Barmer widows and orphans are being turned away from PDS shops
As told to Parliament (December 17, 2022): Over 10,000 cases of measles reported through December 12, says minister
Maharashtra contributed the maximum to the burden, with 3,075 and 13 deaths
10 years of Delhi gang rape: 70% of released Nirbhaya Funds utilised, Lok Sabha told
Region-wise disparities in fund utilisation; Conviction rate in crimes against women continues to remain abysmal
Dying for ration: 70-year-old sustains family as mentally ill daughter, disabled son-in-law denied BPL benefits
Requests for below-poverty line card rejected
Formulate, implement national urban employment guarantee, workers tell Centre
The pandemic and subsequent national lockdown have exposed the long-existing vulnerabilities faced by India’s urban poor
As told to Parliament (December 16, 2022): River inter-linking projects to provide irrigation to 35 million hectares cropland
They will also help generate 34 million kilo-watts of hydropower
COVID effect: Pendency of cases in district courts went up by 13% in 2020, finds think tank
Disposal of cases saw a decrease of 42.33%; case filings went down 32%
Environment (Protection) Act: 39 changes made to rules in 2 years of pandemic, shows report
Most relaxations & exemptions made for development projects through gazette notifications, office memorandums, orders
As told to Parliament (December 15, 2022): Over 20,000 Indian villages don’t have mobile network coverage, says minister
Minister cited remote and rugged terrain, scattered population and commercially non-viable operations as the reasons for this
As told to Parliament (December 14, 2022): Cancer cases, deaths in India rose in 2022
The number of cases rose to 1,461,427 in 2022 from 1,426,447 in 2021
As told to Parliament (December 13, 2022): 130 sq km of forest land set to be diverted in Great Nicobar Island
Mitigation measures have been proposed for the ‘sustainable development’ projects
Free-ranging dogs: Official population control programme is failing in Ladakh (and rest of India); here is why
There is no baseline estimate of the dog population, inadequate sterilisation coverage and real world challenges which have not ...
As told to Parliament (December 9, 2022): 25% Indians are multi-dimensionally poor, says minister
Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index captures multiple and simultaneous deprivations faced by households across the three macro dimensions of health, education ...
Foodgrains from the Centre to states fell by almost four million tonnes in last three years: Data
Distribution was less than release in at least 15 states
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the ...
DTE Coverage: In Gujarat Elections 2022, ‘issues’ don’t seem to matter any more
Why the ruling BJP comes across confident despite complaints of unemployment, price rise
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 30, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 2, 2022)
Number of people forcibly displaced crossed 100 million in 2022: UNDP
Climate change could displace over 200 million people by 2050
District judge to supervise next public hearing on Maliparbat bauxite mine in Koraput
Usually district magistrate or the additional district magistrate presides over public hearings
Protestors clash with cops outside Punjab CM’s house over MGNREGA, commons land
Bhagwant Mann was away in Gujarat, campaigning for the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the state legislative assembly elections