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Power Supply Quality is the benchmark of an ideal power supply, available at all times in the right quality. The two major attributes of power supply systems include (i) reliability which depends on uninterrupted supply…
A 2011 report of the Committee on slum Statistics/Census pointed out the lack of information and paucity of data in informal settlements. This poses a problem to local authorities because they need high-quality data to formulate…
What’s wrong with burning of waste in incinerators? It reduces the volume of the waste going to landfills, eliminates or reduces the dependency on landfills, makes waste management easier, and unlike landfills, it only takes a few minutes or so for…
On October 2, 2018, CAG organised a one-day conference titled Rethinking Urbanisation and the Right to the City. This report is a summary of the conference proceedings. It was authored by Apoorva …
In October 2018, IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (ITPCL), which operates a 1200 MW coal power plant in Ariyagoshti, Bhuvanagiri Taluk, Cuddalore, applied to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate…
Electricity Consumers Cells (ECCs), an initiative of CAG, was started in November 2016 with the purpose of empowering consumers to improve the quality and quantity of participation in the governance of the electricity sector in Tamil Nadu…
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 seeks to protect home-buyers from the perils of real estate developers. The Act establishes Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in each state for regulation of the real estate sector and…
On October 23 and 24, 2018, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group, Center for Financial Accountability (CFA), New Delhi, and Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI), New Delhi, organized a two-day workshop on…
Introduction
SagarMala is a development program by the Ministry of Shipping that seeks to harness the potential of the coast for economic development, by developing new ports, modernising existing ones, and linking ports with…
This report presents the experience of Kripa Ramachandran, Researcher, and Sriram Radhakrishnan, Community Organiser, in making a wedding in Chennai zero waste. They found that hotels and caterers would be willing to adopt…