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National Litigation Policy Document Released National Litigation Policy will be implemented from 1st July,2010 The centre has formulated in National Litigation Policy to reduce the cases pending in various Courts in India under the National Legal Mission to reduce average pendency time from 15 year to 3years. Launching the new Litigation Policy Law minister Dr M. Veerappa Moily asserted that [...]
The Group of Ministers constituted to look into the measures to be taken on the Bhopal gas leak accident has finalized its recommendations. Some of the steps suggested such as the curative petition against the order of the Supreme Court of March 1997, the restarting of the unit of the Indian Council of Medical Research and the takeover of the [...]
Add to these Hyderabad’s own cosmopolitan essence. The founder of the city in the sixteenth century decreed that it should be ‘a replica of paradise itself’. Few down the ages disagreed with the outcome. Diamonds from nearby mines gave it fame and centrality and textiles commercial significance. It spawned a charmingly rich language and a composite culture. A Qutb Shahi [...]
A leading economic think-tank, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), has estimated that the Indian economy is set to grow at 9.2 percent in the current financial year. This is much higher than the estimates made both by the Government and the Reserve Bank of India. The CMIE says its estimates are based on its expectations of better performance in [...]
The central Government announced Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif crops, 2010-11 on June 8, 2010. But the announcement of MSP does not take into account the increase in input costs especially the increase in prices of urea and fertilisers like MOP and DAP as well as increase in petrol and diesel prices. Farmers have been forced to pay extremely [...]
With growing importance being placed on climate change and mitigation strategies, India’s space agency ISRO is in the process of launching a satellite to study greenhouse gases “In the next 2-3 years, ISRO will carry out the first of the launches which will be dedicated to (studying) greenhouses gases like carbondioxide, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide and things of that kind,” [...]
In a new research into the impact of melting ice on global sea level, scientists have found that thinning ice in Antarctica is contributing nearly 10 per cent of the sea level rise and Pine Island Glacier is the major source. Using Autosub, an autonomous underwater vehicle, an international team, led by the British Antarctic Survey, has captured ocean and [...]
India’s agricultural production should increase at a rate fast enough to ensure food security for national growing population. Equally importantly, growth in India cannot be truly inclusive if it does not benefit the farmers; especially those who are small and marginal. Investment in the agricultural sector needs to increase, a larger area needs to be covered under irrigation, agricultural markets need [...]
The Group of Ministers on Bhopal gas disaster on 21st June, 2010, recommended a Rs 1,320 crore package for the victims enhancing the compensation for the kin of dead to Rs 10 lakh and for permanently disabled Rs five lakh. The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, concluded four-day deliberations and submitted its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, [...]
People under the age of 25 contribute an estimated 38% of reported voluntary blood donations, according to new global data from the WHO, released on World Blood Donor Day, 14 June. World Blood Donor Day is celebrated each year to highlight the contribution voluntary unpaid blood donors make to public health. This year’s slogan, “New blood for the world,” aims [...]
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has sought policy actions to connect science to industry which will increase future jobs in manufacturing to an extent of 30 million by 2015-16. Connecting science to industry will, however, require India to substantially enhance its R&D spent from existing level of 1% of its GDP to over 4% and [...]
THE horrific on-going disaster caused by oil spewing out from British Petroleum’s (BP) well in the Gulf of Mexico is going from bad to worse, showing little signs of abating. It is already by far the biggest oil spill in the US and rapidly becoming one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in the US if not the world. The [...]
THE UN Security Council has adopted a resolution imposing the fourth round of sanctions on Iran. The United States succeeded in getting the four other permanent members to back the resolution. By this step, the US and the Western powers have signalled that rather than engaging with Iran on the nuclear issue confrontation will be their path. The sanctions are [...]
The EU is the second largest destination for Indian honey exports after the US. India exports honey to over 60 countries. India’s total honey exports totalled USD 32.39 million in 2008-09, a quarter (USD 7.7 million) of which went to the EU.
The recent court verdict on the Bhopal gas tragedy delivered after 26 years is a classic story of how India as a nation succumbs to the mighty corporate power of the Multi National corporations. The tragic episode also reveals the double standards of the United States government and the multi national corporation’s .The Indian government, judiciary, political system, large sections [...]
For the record, it is now official policy. At the end of a year of the tenure of the second UPA government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has declared that it is time to unwind the fiscal stimulus and “return to the path of fiscal prudence”. The Reserve Bank of India too has been sending out signals that the period of [...]
The Bhopal verdict has exposed the soft ugly underbelly of the entire Indian judicial, regulatory, administrative and corporate governance systems, not to mention the scandalous behaviour of the US government and US-based MNCs. The judgment is only one piece in a sordid saga going back 26 years, one which will continue to unfold, not just in this case but in [...]
National Horticulture Board (NHB) provides back-ended capital investment subsidy to the eligible organizations for creation/ modernization/ expansion of cold storage/ Controlled Atmosphere Storage @ 25% of the project cost. A total number of 2221 cold storages with capacity of 92.23 lakh MT have been approved so far with eligible subsidy of Rs. 614.86 crore. Under National Horticulture Mission (NHM) scheme, [...]
Moon has hundred times more water than was previously thought, and it could be widespread deep under its surface, planetary scientists have claimed. A US-led team has found that there is at least 100 times more water in the Moon’s minerals that was previously believed — in fact, the scientists have based its findings on an analysis of the mineral [...]
In the aftermath of the global economic meltdown the fastest recovery in terms of job creation has been in the small and medium enterprises (SME’s) more than large industry in India, indicated an ASSOCHAM analysis. The SME sector reported about 25% job losses during the recent global recession. However, it has been one of the fastest to tide over the [...]
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