In a first, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has prepared the draft guidelines for the decommissioning of thermal power plants. Currently, India does not have any specific guidelines or protocols for scientific decommissioning of thermal power plants and the...

PEOPLE’S movement seems to have taken birth across the tribal district of Kinnaur against ecologically hazardous hydroelectric projects on the Sutlej. Isolated voices of worried individuals, activists and NGOs have coalesced into a resounding ‘no means no’ against the...

The Union government launched the E-Sharm Portal on Thursday in compliance with the Supreme Court’s orders. Workers can now register on the portal using their Aadhaar and bank account details and will then be issued an e-Shram card containing a 12-digit unique...

The soon-to-be-launched National Mission on Air Pollution (NMAP) will have a dashboard for all polluting parameters that are being monitored and for all 132 cities that are currently under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The dashboard will have all the...

Several of Bihar’s 38 districts are flood-hit — people have lost lives, homes continue to get damaged, and countless agricultural fields have been inundated. In Africa, heavy rains ravaged the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, and Ethiopia. After being hit...

The labour ministry, on Thursday, unveiled the National Database for Unorgansied Workers or e-Shram portal, which is a single platform for registering over 380 million unorganised workers including migrant workers and gig and platform workers. Individuals registering...

The government will launch the e-SHRAM portal to maintain a database of workers in the unorganised sector on August 26, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. Yadav on Tuesday launched the logo of the e-SHRAM portal, through which...

The working paper is an updated version of the first draft policy document released in May for public consultation. The working paper is the result of extensive consultations with ADB shareholders, development partners, international organizations, energy policy and...

According to the new draft rule, the basic pay will be 50% or more of the total salary. This will also change the salary structure of most employees, as the non-perks part of the salary will be less than 50 per cent of the total salary. Similarly, other allowances in...