When it came to dealing with the media and academia, it has been a roller coaster ride for the National Democratic Alliance, observes Nitin Sethi.
'We have to go through the process of obtaining informed consent.'
The environment ministry till May 2014 (still under UPA) ordered that cases like Vedanta's expansion plans need to consult people. But in December 2014, the NDA government reversed this position and in March 2015 the environment ministry extended Vedanta's environmental clearance till December 2018. This it did even while the question of the need for public hearing by projects in different kinds of industrial parks was being contested in the courts. This allowed the company to carry out construction.
The second fortnight of September saw Rs 3 lakh crore of time deposits, something unique, followed by liquidation of Rs 1.2 lakh crpre of these right after.
Former chairman of the UIDAI Nandan Nilekani, elucidates how Aadhaar could become the spine for alternative banking and could replace government services with cash benefits.
The church bells don't toll in Churachandpur any more. The hill district in Manipur has been in mourning for more than a year.
'We cannot let this country be a place where the poor pay to shit.' 'That is inhuman and unacceptable.'
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
After recognising its adverse health effects, the govt has now dismissed its own lab reports to conclude that the evidence against plastic is insufficient.
PM extended some old schemes and finally said yes to one that was legally mandated for past 2 years.
The media has given the PM and his government a far easier time than it probably deserves.
The idea that every citizen in this country is to be numbered is the primary thing in the project.
Developed and developing countries are very different and they are different from variety of reasons on climate change.
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