Author Archives: SRRF

Adverse effect of Mining in Goa

In this period, when politically mining is on top of the agenda, perhaps one could also look into the adverse impact of mining on environment. This is a case study of Goa. Bellary in Karnataka is famous (or should it … Continue reading →

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Melghat – Success in NREGA

Generally it is acknowledged that NREGA has partly succeeded in providing money to manual labour in rural areas (reflected in reported shortage of farm labour in Punjab from other states); however often it is felt that the money so provided … Continue reading →

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Applicability of TDS

Dear all, Greetings from CCDS,Bankura. We are a registered society working deep in the forest fringe villages for upliftment of standard of livings of poor villagers,mostly SC & STs. We have got registration u/s12A of I T Act 1961. We … Continue reading →

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Query- Consumer Protection Act

Dear Sir, Thanks for sharing valuable information’s .Really it is adding our knowledge in different dimensions on all issues. May I request you share your views under  Consumer protection act. I had purchased a book( for medical exam  preparation) @1000 … Continue reading →

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Bricks from Newspapers!!!

No one might have ever thought of using news paper waste to make bricks!!!  But two Nagpur based researchers came up with this idea way back in 2009. They thought of making bricks using sludge and solid waste material around … Continue reading →

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Welcome decline in pedestrian fatalities

SRRF which has been actively pursuing pedestrian safety agenda in Delhi is happy to note the reduction in fatal pedestrian accidents during the current year. This year, there appears to be a welcome decline.  It is a known fact that … Continue reading →

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Corruption-can it be tamed?

Under pressure from various forces, the Central Government has taken a host of changes in vigilance operations within ministries. It has ordered each ministry to define and set up new mechanisms to curb corruption in its respective department. Along with … Continue reading →

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Centre forces state to become more humane with hawkers

Several state governments still have stringent punishment for hawkers hawking in the restricted areas. For instance, In Mumbai, for example, a hawker at present can be imprisoned for hawking in a no-hawking zone. This will no longer be considered as … Continue reading →

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Poverty Head Count Ratio

It is estimated that India has one third of the world’s poor. Recently, Tendulkar Committee Report has been published. This gives state wise change in poverty figure over the period 2004-05 and 1993-94. Given below is the table indicating this … Continue reading →

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82 year old helps save water bodies.

Most of us don’t take initiative on the pretext that a single man cannot make any significant impact to its environment or surroundings. Well, Ram Kishan, an octogenarian and a retired school teacher is an exception, who chose to travel … Continue reading →

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