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Economic expediency vs precautionary principle: Supreme Court reopens debate on retroactive project approvalsSupreme Court is reviewing retrospective environmental clearances. This case questions India's commitment to sustainability. Allowing proje...- Why Budget 2026 was never just about numbers, but also political calculationsBudget 2026 reveals a subtle political strategy, focusing on infrastructure and development projects in poll-bound states. The government p...
- Aravali, a defining matter & momentThe Supreme Court hears the Aravali definition dispute today. This case questions India's view of the environment as an economic burden. Ex...
- The real cost of pollution? Polluters must foot the bill, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has reinforced the 'polluter pays' principle. It restores the authority of pollution control boards to charge entities fo...
- Air pollution norms went up in smokeIndia rolls back SO₂ emission norms for coal-fired power plants, prioritizing cost over environmental concerns. This decision exempts most ...
- Making a case for reset in India's employment statisticsRecent investment approvals in Tamil Nadu worth ₹44,125 crore have highlighted significant variations in job creation across industries. Th...
- When farmers end up being anti-farmerProtesting farmers demand a legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP), but it is not beneficial for the majority of farmers. GoI aims ...
- Making the case for mining: Here's what India needs to do to discover more KohinoorsIf India is to find diamonds, it needs to have a separate policy for deep-seated minerals that also include gold and new-age minerals like ...
- Not missing the law for the treesThis interpretation gives a new lease of life to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, and extends protection to many biodiversity-rich area...
- View: Wrap it up, swachh from plasticThe UN Environment Programme finds the world adding 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year to the accumulated pile of about 7 billi...
- View: India becomes the first country to have statutorily mandated CSR for specified companiesUltimately, impact assessments also help funders, grant-givers and corporations to understand and evaluate the impact of their CSR investme...
- View: Sectoral allocations are missing Budget 2022’s energy-efficient buildings planMost beneficiaries under PMAY fall under middle- to low-income and economically weaker sections, who may not afford higher-priced, star-lab...
- View: India needs to broaden Centre’s vistas, move most ministries out of DelhiBut both GoI and its critics have ignored a more basic question related to the architecture of government rather than of the buildings — th...
- View: For an effective vaccination plan with private sector involvement, GoI needs a regulatory frameworkThe 2020 Economic Survey states that India’s manufacturing and services sectors employ 27.5 crore. Of these, about 6.4 crore work in the or...
- India Inc’s FY21 CSR spends to be dominated by COVID-19Spends by the BSE 100 companies continue to be project-driven; not necessarily linked to company profitability. This year’s spend pattern f...
- View: Inject some blood into India's anaemic small businesses?MSME units in India, on the other hand, have existed practically at subsistence level for decades. To move out of this morass would require...
- Odisha fumes over Centre's nod to AP for Indira Sagar Polavaram dam projectOdisha has reacted strongly to a media report that said the Centre has decided to allow AP resume work on the Indira Sagar Polavaram dam.
- Illegal beach sand mining of minerals in Tamil Nadu may be a scam worth Rs 1 lakh croreMinerals found in the sands of our beaches along with monazite include ilmenite, rutile, zircon and garnet.
- Government has decided to alter nature of engagement with multilateral financial institutionsIndia has decided it will substantially alter the nature of its engagement with the multilateral financial institutions.
- Bring rational regulatory regime for rDNA biotech productsThe modern biotech industry represents the accrual of economic benefits by the application of recombinant DNA.
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