Context: The number of districts in India that have been reported by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) to have excess nitrate increased from 359 in 2017 to 440 in 2023. Key Findings: Groundwater Pollution in India and Nitrate Contamination The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is a scientific organization that manages India’s groundwater resources.
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is a scientific organization that manages India’s groundwater resources.
Agriculture Marketing
Context: The draft National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing (NPFAM), released recently for public comments by the Union Agriculture Ministry, is more dangerous than the three farm laws repealed in 2021, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organisation of farmers’ outfits, said on Friday. Draft Policy on Corporate Agri-Business in India Draft National Policy Framework on Agriculture Marketing in India Agricultural Marketing In India
Vulture Conservation in India
Context: The Indian government has banned several animal painkillers, including Nimesulide, Diclofenac, ketoprofen, and aceclofenac, because of their toxicity to vultures. These bans did not recover the population because the laws are poorly enforced and reproduce very slowly. Vultures Vulture Conservation in India
Forest Fires in India
Context: 67% of major forest fires in India were extinguished within 24 hours in the November 2023 – June 2024 season, marking a significant improvement from 33% in the previous season, as per report of Forest Survey of India. Key Findings:
Gig Workers
Context: The Labour ministry plans to release a “Framework for social security coverage” by June 2023. Key Findings: Government Initiatives Toward Workers’ Welfare in India
NGT Issues Notice to Centre
Context: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Singareni Collieries Company Limited over a proposal to fell 1,05,092 trees to facilitate an opencast coal mine in Odisha’s Angul district. National Green Tribunal
Centralised Pension Payments System (CPPS)
Context: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has completed full-scale implementation of the new Centralised Pension Payments System (CPPS) to provide PF pensions under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS). Centralised Pension Payments System (CPPS)
The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025
Context: The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, will take forward the Digital Personal Data Protection Act of 2023. The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 It comes with the objective of improving the legal framework for digital personal data by giving the required intricacies and balancing between the right to privacy of an individual and the requirement to process that personal data lawfully for carrying out those purposes. Key Findings:
Fund Registration to NGO
Context: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday granted foreign fund registration to the Sambhavna Trust, an NGO that provides free treatment to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak. Report FCRA violations by NGOs, govt. asks CAs
