Sanitation

Rajiv Awas Yojana to make India slum free

Government uncovers its plan to launch urban housing programme, Rajiv Awas Yojana, for slum dwellers under JNNURM.

Power ministry gears up for hydel development

Children in India are shorter when compared to those in sub-Saharan Africa even though Indians have higher income levels.

Govt reconstitutes panel on hydel projects

Bringing an end to manual scavenging

Lok Sabha passes the bill to ban the dirty practice. The legislation aims to remove dry latrines and manual scavenging and to provide alternate employement to those involved in the practice.

30% of the food goes waste in India

The country experiences a post-harvest loss of Rs 2 lakh crore annually due to lack of food processing units and storage facilities, estimates the Associated Chamber of Commerce.

A step forward for land bill

Rajya Sabha passes the land bill

Revised land acquisition bill that does not provide for social impact assessment for irrigation projects clears in the Upper House. The bill returns to the Lok Sabha for approval of amendements made in it.

MP govt enforces curfew to suppress Jalsatyagrah

State government issues arrest orders against the evacuees staging protest against raising water level in the Indira Sagar Dam and demanding compensation. 

Water consumption varies based on many factors – how much water is available, where one lives, one’s personal habits, the weather, the seasons and so on and so forth. Each of these contributes to varying usage patterns.

Shantamma woke up one morning with a high fever. She also had a sudden pain at the back of her eyes and severe joint pain. She had been finding it very difficult to move around and go on with her daily routine. And it was quite a tedious routine, which began at 5 a.m. She was a house maid and worked at multiple houses every day.

IAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining