A snapshot audit by Consumers International which uncovers difficulties consumers are currently facing with packaging labelling that is misleading and unclear. This audit uses CAG's contributions about the packaging scenario in India.
CAG, in partnership with Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), and supported by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation has conducted a study on using the electricity bill as an enabling mechanism to improve information disclosure and…
This is survey report on a Tamil Nadu focused, multi-stakeholder study on usage, consumption, health implications of trans fat, and awareness on trans fat regulations in India.
This study attempts to capture consumers' perspectives on their electricity issues and their own suggestions to solve these by framing/revising regulatory provisions for the same. Relevant electricity regulations in Tamil Nadu were mapped…
This report summarises the proceedings of the National Consultation on Draft Environmental Impact Assessment 2020 held on World Environment Day 2020. This event was a collaborative effort of CAG, Movement for Advancing…
In the first phase of CAG’s energy auditing initiative, engineers from CAG performed walk-through audits for 100 households (HH) in and around Arakkonam town in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu. This report captures key findings from the audits and…
The draft EIA notification 2020 got a lot of traction from different stakeholders and rightly so because of the effects it is likely to have on the environment. So, before Draft EIA 2020 what were the rules? Were they any better? Let's have a look…
Recently, the Ministry of Power released the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to further amend the Electricity Act 2003. In this article, the authors provide an overview of the proposed amendments and capture the central concerns and…
A study that analysed water samples from around the Kodungaiyur dumpyard seeking to answer the question of how much microplastics have leached into the neighbourhood water sources.