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TURNAROUND: Reform Agenda for India's Environmental Regulators

The report brings to fore the constraints and challenges faced by State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) today in the form of - staff shortage, finances, skilled human resources, etc. The report recognises these constraints and outlines the training needs of SPCBs in view of the present environmental scenario in the country.

Reports, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Training, Regulators Programme

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The Satyam in our oil

Which cooking oil is best for us? Why do I ask? Are we not bombarded with advertising messages telling us there is a healthy oil that is good for the heart? They talk of monounsaturated fatty acids (mufa), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa) and of course, catch-us-words like omega properties. I am sure you, like me, try to understand this scientific jargon and conclude that any oil that has all these elements, must be good.
Story, Sunita Narain, Regulators Programme
Poor regulators do not a rich country make

IN this past month, farmer associations in Haryana and Tamil Nadu have located and burnt field trials for genetically modified Bt rice. In Chhattisgarh the state government has stopped similar trials happening under its nose. It is all too easy to deride these actions as the handiwork of some misinformed eco-fundamentalists or miscreants out to seek ‘cheap’ publicity. It can also be argued that these actions will impede scientific progress designed to find answers to malnutrition and food insecurity in the country.
Story, Sunita Narain, Regulators Programme

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Reports

reform.jpg
TURNAROUND: Reform Agenda for India's Environmental Regulators

The report brings to fore the constraints and challenges faced by State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) today in the form of - staff shortage, finances, skilled human resources, etc. The report recognises these constraints and outlines the training needs of SPCBs in view of the present environmental scenario in the country.

Reports, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Training, Regulators Programme
Strengthening Institutions for Sustainable Growth: Country Environmental Analysis

 A report by World Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). It highlights the importance for strengthening institutions for environment management in sustaining and accelerating India's growth performance.

Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Reports, World Bank, Regulators Programme
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Work Overview

Based on our years of work in the field, we realised the ineffectiveness of the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) in their regulatory function.

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