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How big business gets away with environmental violations A Supreme Court committee has found that Vedanta falsified information to obtain environmental clearances and began construction on its aluminium refinery in Orissa without the necessary clearances under the Forest Conservation Act. Why doesn't the law apply equally to the rich and powerful, asks Nityanand Jayaraman More... National Environment Appellate Authority: Puppet of the MoEF?The National Environment Appellate Authority was set up as an independent body to address cases in which environmental clearances granted by the ministry of environment are challenged by civil society. But is the authority really independent of the ministry? More... GIS and tellGeographic Information Systems are a way of compiling and presenting electronic data in an intelligible and ordered manner, especially significant in disaster management. India has made some inroads into this new technology, but will 'security considerations' and lethargy come in the way of its development? More... Islands of disconnectWhy does the Indian media cover Hurricane Katrina in detail, but bury news of floods in rural Maharashtra? If the argument is that coverage is allocated according to what 'affects' and is 'relevant' to the reader, it is based on the dangerous assumption that the world consists of disconnected islands More... Towards democratic governanceThe people must reclaim the institutions of governance: questions need to be asked, policies need to be monitored, rights need to be claimed and accountability needs to be asserted More... Preconditions for an empowered IndiaWhat are the enabling conditions for the empowerment of a billion people? More... Bt cotton cultivation: Fact and fictionBt cotton has not delivered what it had promised to India. During the last three years of its commercial cultivation, thousands of farmers have experienced this firsthand. Several empirical studies, the most recent by CICR, Nagpur, have exposed the inappropriateness of Bt cotton technology in India. Why aren't the powers-that-be listening? More... Katrina or Cassandra?Last year, weather-related losses crossed $100 billion for the first time, and 30 million ecological refugees were displaced by drought, flood or other environment-related causes. Whether it's New Orleans or Mumbai, the lessons are virtually identical, as climate change intensifies across the globe More... Equality among unequals: A critical look at Hindu successionThe recent amendment to the Hindu Succession Act has made the daughter a member of the coparcenary. It also gives daughters an equal share in agricultural property. These are significant advancements towards gender equality More... 'India's rural poor need a New Deal'Rural India is in acute distress, crying out for food and work, says economist Utsa Patnaik. Rural Indians are actually purchasing and consuming less foodgrain per capita today than they were in 1991 More... What lies beneath: The politics of climate change negotiationsCan a market-based solution work to combat climate change? Should emission rights be allocated by GDP or per-capita? More... SC upholds constitutionality of Section 498-AThe Supreme Court in a recent judgment has upheld the controversial Section 498-A, related to violence against women. The mere possibility of abuse of a provision of law does not invalidate the law, the SC said More... |
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