Question raised in Rajya Sabha on waste water and sewage treatment plants, 11/05/2015. State-wise, the capacity of sewage treatment plants in Class-I & Class-II towns as per Central Polution Control Board report published in 2009 is at Annexure-1.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on discharge of waste into Ganga and its tributeries, 11/05/2015. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has inventorised 764 Grossly polluting industries discharging 501 mld of trade effluent directly or indirectly into the drains reaching the river Ganga and its tributaries.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on disposal of fly ash generated by thermal power plants in Odisha, 11/05/2015. Coal in India has high ash content. Therefore, large quantity of fly ash is generated by Coal Fired Thermal Power Plants in the Country including Odisha.
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister for Rural Development, on May 11, 2015.
A Bill to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered f
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These Regulations shall be called ‘Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Renewable Energy Sources – Biomass, Biogas and Biomass Gasifier Energy) Regulations, 2015’. These Regulations shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on forest land cleared for developmental projects, 07/05/2015.The Central Government between 2004 and 2013 has accorded approval for diversion of 3,43,909 ha in 13,891 cases under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for various categories of projects including industrial and development projects.
