A roundtable of consumer organisations was organised to consider proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Com)rules) 2020. S. Saroja (from CAG) participated, wanting emphasis in amendments to look at factors like sustainable consumption, packaging and carbon footprints.
“Decentralising waste by building capacity in ward and zonal levels is also a solution (to managing solid waste). There can be different approaches in one city,” says Sumana Narayanan, Senior Researcher, CAG.
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CAG wrote to the Minister for Social Welfare, GoTN highlighting the need to ensure food under the Mid Day Meal Scheme continues to reach underpriveliged children even though schools are not functioning in person. Otherwise, considering the impact of the pandemic on livelihoods, children may be pressed to work for daily wages and this will have a huge impact on their education even after schools resume full functioning.
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It's been 2 years since TN banned single-use plastic and though initially there was some impact, it was a drop in the ocean. As CAG's study after 2 years of the ban reveals, single-use plastic is more prevalent than ever. COVID-19 can't be used as an excuse by the citizens and companies to use single-use plastics.
MTC rationalises, i.e changes, bus routes regularly based on patronage and revenue. What does that it mean and why is it important for commuters?
“Households need to look at waste as resource management, instead of source segregation because now the talk is more about climate change and sustainable development. There is only a small fraction of waste that cannot be converted into energy. If this is understood by households, source segregation is possible.”
The working group of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, recommends linking of motor insurance premium to traffic violations. IIB will coordinate with state traffic police and NIC to capture the traffic violation data and make this information available to insurers.
Corporation and residents were unhappy with Ramky's performance managing waste from 2012-2019. Residents, CSOs, and experts working in the field of solid waste management are skeptical about this development.
GCC has engaged contractors to maintain over 180 micro composting centres, which were earlier managed by officials from the solid waste management team.