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Since April 2017 when the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, there was hope that the Bill would become an Act. As each session of Parliament came and went, hope receded. The Bill finally lapsed and with the 2019…
The world celebrated June 05, 2019 as the World Environment Day (WED 2019), and the theme this year was “Air Pollution”. China, once famous for its smoggy skies and extremely polluted air was the global host, while back home in India, Ministry of…
On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, 2018, the government of Tamil Nadu, led by Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, announced that a ban on single-use plastic would be implemented in Tamil Nadu from January 1,…
Every year, the world over, 15th March is celebrated as World Consumer Rights Day. This is an international consumers’ movement which champions the rights of the consumer and works toward deepening global solidarity among consumers by way of…
Cuddalore is an important coastal district in Tamil Nadu, and is classified as a critically polluted industrial town by the Central Pollution Control Board in 2010. Despite this dubious distinction, the proliferation…
Human rights can be defined as those basic inalienable freedoms and rights to which every individual is entitled to right from birth and throughout his/her entire life by virtue of being a human being. They are universal in nature and are guaranteed…
Power Supply Quality is the benchmark of an ideal power supply, available at all times in the right quality. The two major attributes of power supply systems include (i) reliability which depends on uninterrupted supply…
A 2011 report of the Committee on slum Statistics/Census pointed out the lack of information and paucity of data in informal settlements. This poses a problem to local authorities because they need high-quality data to formulate…
What’s wrong with burning of waste in incinerators? It reduces the volume of the waste going to landfills, eliminates or reduces the dependency on landfills, makes waste management easier, and unlike landfills, it only takes a few minutes or so for…
On October 2, 2018, CAG organised a one-day conference titled Rethinking Urbanisation and the Right to the City. This report is a summary of the conference proceedings. It was authored by Apoorva …