Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
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Ideas to improve environmental and social performance of the sector have been thrown out of the window
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Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
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Opposition moves amendments to the Bill and questions government on its 'hurry' to pass the Bill; the latter however, overrides the objections to …
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Deposition urges Parliament to stop revisions from resulting in exploitative mining
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Issues pertaining to science and the environment took a backseat during the recently-concluded special session of the Indian Parliament
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As India looks forward to the latest budget, we bring to you the expectations from it and the step-by-step process of how it is formulated
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Among its many recommendations was the use of drones to monitor forest fires
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Half of the European Union’s 28 countries had decided to go against the cultivation of genetically modified crops
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A round up of environment- and development-related discussions in the parliament today
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Vehicle emission standards, depletion of groundwater and death of endangered animals were among the issues discussed at the question hour of …
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A parliamentary standing committee blamed Agriculture Ministry’s skewed policy for the inequality in fertiliser usage
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The bill proposes extention of maternity benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks
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Under the legislation, every individual will have the right to get affordable and good quality treatment with easy access to services
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The move paves way for a uniform tax regime in India
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The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill 2015 has crossed the doors of the Lok Sabha, but is set to face the Rajya Sabha test during the monsoon …
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However the panel’s report tabled in this budget session misses the forests for the trees
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Opposition terms move a ‘conspiracy to undermine the Rajya Sabha’
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Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
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Some important environment and development-related questions raised in Parliament this past week
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The three GM soybeans are engineered to tolerate spraying with glyphosate or a combination of glyphosate and other herbicides
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Twenty tribal gram panchayats have demanded that rehabilitation and resettlement issues be resolved before coal mining can be allowed
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A close look at the much-hyped National Food security Bill, 2013
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