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ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS
Environment Ministry to bend over backwards to whitelist illicit projects

A new notification from the ministry lays out a process by which illegal units can be granted clearance and “brought into compliance” within the next six months. Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli report.

Environment

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SENIORITY ISSUE

A better way of selecting the top brass
Nothing is lost by abandoning the principle of seniority, but the armed forces need restructuring says Nitin Pai.

Nat. Security

BLACK MONEY

Demonetisation and the Rule of Law
Demonetisation is primarily about the Rule of Law in our country and the capacity of the state to ensure, and abide by, the Rule of Law, comments Harish Narasappa.

Economy

JUDICIAL VACANCIES

Travesty of justice
With over 2.19 crore pending cases, the Chief Justice of India pleads again to fill the numerous vacancies in the judiciary at the earliest. Ramesh Menon reports.

People Society

RESTRUCTURING WATER ORGANIZATIONS

Creating National Water Commission
A recent report suggests merging the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) into a new organisation to be called the National Water Commission. Shripad Dharmadhikary comments on the report.

Water Environment

NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE

Our present and terrifying danger
With the tension between India-Pakistan rising, Darryl D’Monte reports a recent discussion about the confrontation between these two nuclear states.

Nat. Security Peace

25 YEARS OF LIBERALISATION

Have we gained or lost?
Pradeep Baisakh looks at the effects of the economic reforms started 25 years ago.

Economy

ELECTRIFICATION DRIVE

Lessons for rural electrification from a weaving village
If electrification drives remain focused only on village electrification, connections and lighting, 'Gaaon Ka Vikaas Garv Ke Saath' will remain just rhetoric. Anjali Sharma, Ann Josey, and Sreekumar N report.

Energy MAHARASHTRA

DRAFT NATIONAL WATER FRAMEWORK BILL

The right to water for life
The Draft National Water Framework Bill, put out for public comments recently, represents an important and progressive step forward despite some shortcomings and challenges involved in its implementation, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary.

Water Environment

ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE

A misplaced emphasis on highways?
Why does the government continue with its blind focus on highways and expressways when infrastructure for water supply, waste management and mass transit system is in desperate need of attention? Kannan Kasturi criticises the government's prioritization and says there is more to public infrastructure than just highways and expressways.

Transport

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

How badly designed and unsafe
The 30th and 5th anniversaries this year of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power plant accidents respectively are the right occasions to examine India’s record in this sector, writes Darryl D’Monte.

Energy Environmental Hazards Environment

LIMBU TAMANG ISSUE

Tribal seat reservation issue rakes up storm in Sikkim
The long pending issue of Limbu-Tamang tribal seat reservation in the Sikkim legislative assembly has to be resolved within the next four months as per the latest orders given by the Supreme Court. Soumik Dutta writes about how this could change the political scenario in Sikkim.

Adivasis Sikkim

PROGRESS UNDER NREGA

Jharkhand looks at better planning to aid NREGA outcomes
A three-day planning process undertaken as part of a state-wide campaign called “Yojana Banao Abhiyan” to plan for NREGA implementation in every village in Jharkhand has sensitized the people and authorities to the potential of the scheme and recharged local democratic institutions. Ankita Aggarwal reports.

Labour Issues Public Funds JHARKHAND

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