Reports and Documents

Read the draft Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 notified by the MoEF under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to replace earlier rules (1998) and the amendments thereof.

'The industry has no experience of disposing pesticides and the Ministry of Environment and Forest have not provided any definite procedure for the purpose'- This was the reply of the Supreme Court appointed joint committee on endosulfan.

A new technology roadmap on Carbon Capture and Storage in Industrial Applications shows that carbon capture and storage (CCS) has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions from industrial applications by 4 gigatonnes in 2050.

The World Development Report 2012 published by World Bank focuses on gender equality and highlights the challenges facing women and girls across the world. It calls for changes in policies to provide women with more access to education and health care (particularly maternal health).

4th plenary meeting (part 2, NCDs) - UN General Assembly 19 September 2011.

Summary of the informal interactive hearing with representatives of nongovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, academia and the private sector, to provide an input to preparatory process of the 2011 High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases.

The central government has prepared a draft National Food Security Bill (NFSB). This draft, aside from ignoring all the demands of the right to food campaign, junks many essential provisions of the “NAC draft”, and even dilutes existing entitlements.

There is growing awareness and concern about the large and escalating burden of chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) not just from the public health perspective but also from the economic one.

In June 2009 Government of Karnataka (GoK) constituted a Coordination Committee to oversee and coordinate the state’s response to climate change. It assigned the mandate to prepare the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) to Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI).

This national action plan was developed through a series of multi-stakeholder consultative workshops with representations from national, regional and international biodiversity organizations.