New Wage Code: Basic salary of private employees to rise?
After the implementation of the new wage code, there will be several major changes for the salaried employees, with the biggest impact likely to be on their salary. It is being estimated that after the implementation of the new wage code, the take-home salary of the...
NASA Study Finds Tropical Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide Is Waning
Earth’s trees and plants pull vast amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere during photosynthesis, incorporating some of that carbon into structures like wood. Areas that absorb more carbon than they emit are called carbon sinks. But plants can also emit the...
SC rejects Goa govt, Vedanta pleas to review judgement cancelling mining leases
The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petitions filed by Goa and Vedanta Limited against a 2018 order cancelling the state government’s move to renew 88 mining leases, citing the delay in filing them and a lack of cogent grounds for it. It expressed displeasure...
MoEF to table Bill for panel on NCR air pollution: Bill on air quality commission drops clause on jail term
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF) is set to table the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021 in Parliament during the Monsoon Season, which begins on Monday. The Bill has taken into...
Tribal villagers in Odisha’s Sukinda eat chromite dust; govt builds stadiums and playgrounds with musical fountains using mining funds
As you move from Jajpur town towards Sukinda in Jajpur district of Odisha, the fields turn parched and infertile. Rusty, dust-laden leaves wilt silently from dying trees. Trucks pass by, leaving a trail of chromite dust that never seems to settle down. The working...
Govt plans to garner Rs 70,000 crore from asset monetisation of PowerGrid, NTPC, REC over 5 years
The Centre is all set to move ahead with its asset monetisation plans and is likely to garner Rs 70,000 crore through monetisation of assets of state-controlled power giants such as Power Grid, NTPC and REC (formerly Rural Electrification Corp. in the next five years....
Forest Act amendment gets go-ahead
The state Cabinet on Monday approved the proposed amendment to the Meghalaya Forest Regulation Act (MFRA), 1973, that seeks to add teeth to the Act to make it more potent. “We decided to amend the present Act as it has not been amended since being formulated and...
Jindal Stainless inks MoU with Tata Steel Mining for mining of common boundary in Sukinda
The partnership sets an example for sustainable chrome ore mining and is a win-win-win partnership for the State of Odisha, TSML and JSL. Jindal Stainless (JSL) said that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Steel Mining (TSML) for...
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report
The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite many committing to tackle the crisis. This backing for coal, oil and gas is “reckless” in the face...
Special committee to expand its scope to benefit children of migrant workers
The special committee constituted by the state government to develop mechanism to ensure migrant children do not fall off the welfare net is all set to increase its area of operation. Rubal Agarwal, the newly appointed commissioner of Integrated Child Development...