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Nitin Sethi

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CAG audit of GST reveals systemic flaws, not just glitches
Rediff.com28 Aug 2019

The CAG audit and other data suggests it could be far from the efficient new...

'Climate change could push up cereal prices by 29%'
Rediff.com16 Jul 2019

A report authored by UN's panel of scientists from across the world on climate change...

Reimagining environmental governance won't be easy
Rediff.com30 May 2019

Successive governments focused on altering the clearance processes but largely gave a...

Realty hits green hurdle as NDA's reforms end up in court
Rediff.com16 May 2019

The ease with which city-level master plans are altered and land-use patterns changed...

Caution: You are still being watched!
Rediff.com24 Mar 2019

The government claims the existing safeguards under the law are adequate, lawful,...

Tribal eviction: 'SC order a setback for conservation in India'
Rediff.com28 Feb 2019

Calling the Supreme Court order 'unjust' to the tribals as well as against the interest...

Tribal eviction: Even BJP-ruled states told to file petition against SC order
Rediff.com26 Feb 2019

Party president Amit Shah tweeted that BJP-ruled states will soon be filing review...

Will Rahul be able to help tribals facing eviction?
Rediff.com25 Feb 2019

The Congress president has written to party chief ministers, asking them to file a...

Major setback for Ramdev
Rediff.com28 Dec 2018

The judgment could impact not only Ramdev's widespread ayurveda and herbal products...

Does TN govt's decision to permanently close Sterlite hold water?
Rediff.com5 Jun 2018

When it closed close down the copper plant at Thoothukudi in 2013. Its orders were held...

Modi @ 4: How 'swachh' is our Bharat?
Rediff.com30 May 2018

While household toilets are only one part of the large challenge for the government,...

Did NDA govt help Vedanta's Tuticorin factory?
Rediff.com25 May 2018

The environment ministry till May 2014 (still under UPA) ordered that cases like...

No govt deadline to implement long pending forest policy
Rediff.com3 Apr 2017

The fact that the government has no specific deadline to impose this policy was...

Govt leniency to help projects without green clearance
Rediff.com24 Mar 2017

Projects to pay for clean up if environmental damage is found

Pilot study in 3 UTs shows why cash in lieu of PDS won't work
Rediff.com3 Feb 2017

The research found that 50% of the people were receiving either nothing or less cash...

Changes in tribal rights and green rules 'save' 130 mines
Rediff.com18 Jan 2017

The changes were made to several regulations in a coordinated manner by the environment...

When Bill Gates did a U-turn on demonetisation
Rediff.com18 Nov 2016

We are certainly for digitisation. I do not have opinion about demonetisation. I still...

Govt curtailed work under MGNREGA through WhatsApp chats
Rediff.com26 Oct 2016

Instructions from the Union rural development ministry to the state officials on the...

How Centre's WhatsApp messages crashed MGNREGA
Rediff.com26 Oct 2016

Centre's off-the-record instructions through WhatsApp and a squeeze on funds brought...

Despite India's objection, Pak's climate change project gets approval at GCF
Rediff.com15 Oct 2016

India tried to block the project at the fund's board meeting in South Korea, but later...