Cabinet approves new mining bill
Share prices of metal and coal companies nosedive
Green laws resented
Report dubs environmental guidelines as obstacles to atomic energy projects
Realty bill ignores reality
Real estate regulations silent on housing for low income group
Bring law to guarantee minimum support price: Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
RSS organ voices opposition to provisions of recent farm laws after farmers across spectrum hit streets in protest
As told to Parliament (March 29, 2023): No report of starvation deaths from states, UTs, claims minister
All that was discussed in the House through the day
As told to Parliament (September 22, 2020): 45% of Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao funds not utilised in 2019-20
All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
As told to Parliament (March 20, 2023): Rainfed rice can go down by 20% in 2050 in absence of climate adaptation
As told to Parliament (March 28, 2023): India recorded three H3N2 deaths, 1,317 cases
As told to Parliament (March 18, 2021): India has 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
Power-packed option
Even remote areas can be electrified through biomass gasification
As told to Parliament (March 25, 2022): Central hub to provide quality seeds to farmers
As told to Parliament (December 11, 2023): Rice, wheat and maize crops most affected by climate change
The Bill of contentions
India’s agrarian distress: How dissent has been on the rise
At least 50 major protests were reported across 20 Indian states in 9 months between January and September 2020
A compromised consensus
Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?
Water may shift from State to Concurrent List
Panel to make the suggestion before the Cabinet in June
Power to the people
Heads of panchayats arrived in the Capital to demand the power to effectively run the traditional self-government
As told to Parliament (February 10, 2021): Some 37,439 villages in India without 3G/4G coverage
As told to Parliament (September 18, 2020): 10,281 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2019
As told to Parliament (March 22, 2022): India has installed renewable energy projects of 152 GW capacity
FDI in retail: UPA government agrees to judicial inquiry into Walmart payoffs
Reports say the retail giant spent over Rs 125 crore on lobbying in India
Who is protected?
The Lok Sabha passed Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill with complete amendments on August 9, 2001, twenty months after it …
Reform for reform’s sake
Without bottom-up rehauling National Environment Protection Agency will be more of the same
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2022): 4GW rooftop solar target for residential sector
Mining Bill gives people their due
It ensures that mine owners share profit with people