Author: pah
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Traditional Methods of Water Harvesting – What can we learn from our glorious past ?
Ancient Indians understood the science and art of settlement planning, architecture and governance of natural resources. British gazettes speak of these systems at length calling us a hydraulic society. Indus Valley civilization is a great example of that.Highly sophisticated systems were in place which varied to suit different ecosystems, for harvesting every drop of water. I’ll…
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India Water Week 2015 ; Hamara Jal – Hamara Jeewan Initiative
The theme of the water week is “Water Management for Sustainable Development”. India Water Week-2015 will address the issues of sustainability of water resources development and management in line with Sustainable Development Goals 2015 being finalized by UN. Conceptualized and organised for the first time in 2012, the India Water Week is an annual forum…
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NRIs to get voting rights : A complete analysis of the issue
What has the Supreme Court said? The Supreme Court told the Centre that it should within eight weeks amend necessary laws to allow NRIs to vote in Indian elections. Union government informed the Supreme Court that it has accepted Election Commission’s recommendation to allow NRIs to vote from overseas through e-postal ballots or proxy voting. How did…
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What are the changes proposed in environmental norms to ensure ease of doing business
Please go through the article on the recommendations of TSR Subramanian Committee to gain a better perspective. The panel had sought state controls based on environmental regulations be removed. Here is the link to the article – TSR Subramanian Committee Recommendations What has the government recommended now? – Industries need not acquire mandatory consent-to-establish (CTE) certificates from state pollution control…
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All you need to know about Carbon Fertilization
· Anthropogenic emissions add more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Forests worldwide are using it to grow faster, reducing the amount of CO2 that stays in the atmosphere. This effect is called carbon fertilization. Faster plant growth leads to the sequestration of more CO2 , at least during the plants period of growth. · The effect is…
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Why UNSC Reforms are required and significance for India
UN Security Council (UNSC), must reflect contemporary global realities.UNSC has been reduced to a tool to serve the caprice of its five permanent members. Due to its structural defects, he UNSC has never been capable of preventing the most destructive and deadly wars, many of which are catered by the countries entrusted with the veto. Russia’s armed intervetion…
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Everything you need to know about Strategic Oil Reserves of India
Low oil prices are sure to encourage countries to create such reserves. China is already engaged in building reserves. The opportunity should be exploited to beef up oil reserves. What is a Strategic Oil Reserve ? The Strategic Oil Reserve is an emergency fuel storage of oil . They are a nation’s counter against any short-term disruptions in energy…
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Suresh Prabhu Advisory group for Integrated development of power, coal and renewable energy – Major highlights of the Report
The government is looking to overhaul the power sector. The advisory panel led by Suresh Prabhu has come up with some recommendations to adress issues that plague CIL , poor T&D infrastructure, how to ensure 24 x 7 power supply etc. Read further to find out what has been recommended.
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All that you need to know about Neutrino Observatory Project
Why in news, again ? Government has approved setting up of India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Bodi West Hills, Tamil Nadu. This will be the second big project that the government has approved, the first being the thirty-metre telescope, which would come up in Hawaii.
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Should Right to Health be made a Fundamental Right?
Draft National Health Policy has been released by the Government and put up on public domain for suggestions. One of the key proposals is to have a National Health Rights Act, which will make ensuring health a fundamental right, whose denial will be justiciable. Should health be a fundamental right- in the way that was…
