Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......
'From environmental impact assessment to forest clearances, this has turned out to be an unscientific road-widening project with catastrophic consequences.' IMAGE: The mountain side being blasted......
'It is also being done in violation of our Forest Tribal Act because it will involve the eviction of the tribals living in these forests.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for......
'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.' IMAGE: The Ganges in Varanasi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
'Tiger reserves were created to protect areas from developmental activities.''If we go ahead with these projects, then it is a complete mockery of our institutions and our laws, it is against......
The government also proposed promoting 'one product one district' for better marketing and export of horticulture crops. It also called on states for early implementation of three key central model......
'We have brought about a slew of reforms that would help improve governance and also facilitate industrial growth,' Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje tells Sahil Makkar. Following a Japanese......
Anil Madhav Dave is a known conservationist but may have to fight green allegations, now that he has replaced Prakash Javadekar as environment minister. Anil Madhav Dave, a third-time Rajya......
To reduce the burden of loan repayment on farmers, a provision of Rs 15,000 crore has been made in the budgetary estimate of 2016-17 towards interest subvention. Amid growing farm distress......
The Railway Ministry has asked all zonal railways to introduce a system of monitoring consumption of all types of energy and water, along with trend analysis and benchmarking. Image: Railways......