How to strengthen the National Occupational Safety and Health systems
The National Policy on Safety, Health and Environment at the Workplace announced in 2009 had proposed several actions at the national and state …
Timeline of an unwarranted act: How India has legislated on forests
Does independent India's first amendment to the Indian Forest Act reflect the changes in forest policy?
Bills not sent to any committee in ‘productive’ Parliament session
The five Bills that were scrutinised by some or the other committee were not introduced in the current session
Rooster’s call for sensory heritage
Months after a couple filed a case against a rooster crowing early morning, France has passed a law with profound ecological meaning
Pollution control: Amendments to Water Act is a greenwashing attempt
Institutional strengthening of Pollution Control Boards and local governments need of the hour
Some legislatures have held governments to account during COVID-19. But not all
In the time of COVID-19, it will be tempting to switch money out of democracy and governance activities and into health budgets. But stronger …
Pit bull attacks in South Africa — a historian sheds light on the issues
Breed specific legislation is being strongly pushed for currently, but history suggests it does not work
Centralisation of powers, diluted laws: Weak Water Act further diluted by latest amendments, say experts
Environment minister claims impetus to industries, improvement of environment protection while moving bill in Parliament
Invest in the most vulnerable to tide over COVID-19 crisis
India needs to be a country that achieves progress that’s equitable in the true spirit of its Constitution