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National Mission For Clean Ganga Gets Income Tax Exemption Status
The Finance Ministry has granted tax exemption status to the National Mission for Clean Ganga, according to a notification of the CBDT, the decision-making body for the Income Tax department and direct taxes administration.
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Draft Bill Suggests An Armed Force To Protect River Ganga
The draft Bill for protection of the Ganga has suggested provisions like having an armed force with the power to arrest those who pollute the river, and imprisonment and fine for offences varying from commercial fishing to construction of illegal structures in active flood plains, officials said.
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Move Tanneries, Set Guidelines For Ganga's Ghats, Uttar Pradesh Is Told
In its latest move to protect the Ganga river, the country's top green court has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 metres of the river's edge; anyone caught littering the river will be charged Rs 50,000. It has also instructed the government of Uttar Pradesh to move polluting tanneries and to set up guidelines - along with the hill...
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Mistake To Call Ganga, Yamuna Living Entity To Protect Society's Faith, Uttarakhand Tells Top Court
Months after cheering the high court verdict declaring Ganga and Yamuna as human entities, Uttarakhand's Trivendra Singh Rawat government on Thursday petitioned the Supreme Court to cancel the landmark verdict, saying the court had exceeded its jurisdiction.
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Religious Leaders Submit Proposal To Government To Protect Ganga
The heads of around 25 religious groups from different faiths have urged the Centre to enact a new law for protecting and restoring the Ganga, which is one of the most endangered rivers in the world.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Asks People Not To Throw Pollutants Into Ganga
Stressing on the need to protect the Ganga, President Pranab Mukherjee today said it must be ensured that no pollutants are thrown into the river as he batted for the Clean Ganga initiative.
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National Green Tribunal Suggests 500 Metres Buffer Zone on Banks of Ganga
The National Green Tribunal today came out with an idea of evolving a 500 m buffer zone on the banks of river Ganga like in Western countries to ban constructions for protecting it from pollution.
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How to Protect Yourself From Swine Flu: Dos and Don'ts Doctors Suggest
The death of a 51-year-old woman in Delhi due to swine flu has once again brought the focus back on ways to avoid catching the infection. NDTV spoke to Dr Neeraj Jain, Senior Consultant, Ganga Ram Hospital, who talks about the symptoms and prevention.
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What Varanasi expects from Narendra Modi
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's supporters claim only he can save the Ganga, and protect the culture of Varanasi, its dharma.
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National Mission For Clean Ganga Gets Income Tax Exemption Status
The Finance Ministry has granted tax exemption status to the National Mission for Clean Ganga, according to a notification of the CBDT, the decision-making body for the Income Tax department and direct taxes administration.
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Draft Bill Suggests An Armed Force To Protect River Ganga
The draft Bill for protection of the Ganga has suggested provisions like having an armed force with the power to arrest those who pollute the river, and imprisonment and fine for offences varying from commercial fishing to construction of illegal structures in active flood plains, officials said.
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Move Tanneries, Set Guidelines For Ganga's Ghats, Uttar Pradesh Is Told
In its latest move to protect the Ganga river, the country's top green court has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 metres of the river's edge; anyone caught littering the river will be charged Rs 50,000. It has also instructed the government of Uttar Pradesh to move polluting tanneries and to set up guidelines - along with the hill...
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Mistake To Call Ganga, Yamuna Living Entity To Protect Society's Faith, Uttarakhand Tells Top Court
Months after cheering the high court verdict declaring Ganga and Yamuna as human entities, Uttarakhand's Trivendra Singh Rawat government on Thursday petitioned the Supreme Court to cancel the landmark verdict, saying the court had exceeded its jurisdiction.
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Religious Leaders Submit Proposal To Government To Protect Ganga
The heads of around 25 religious groups from different faiths have urged the Centre to enact a new law for protecting and restoring the Ganga, which is one of the most endangered rivers in the world.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Asks People Not To Throw Pollutants Into Ganga
Stressing on the need to protect the Ganga, President Pranab Mukherjee today said it must be ensured that no pollutants are thrown into the river as he batted for the Clean Ganga initiative.
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National Green Tribunal Suggests 500 Metres Buffer Zone on Banks of Ganga
The National Green Tribunal today came out with an idea of evolving a 500 m buffer zone on the banks of river Ganga like in Western countries to ban constructions for protecting it from pollution.
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How to Protect Yourself From Swine Flu: Dos and Don'ts Doctors Suggest
The death of a 51-year-old woman in Delhi due to swine flu has once again brought the focus back on ways to avoid catching the infection. NDTV spoke to Dr Neeraj Jain, Senior Consultant, Ganga Ram Hospital, who talks about the symptoms and prevention.
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What Varanasi expects from Narendra Modi
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's supporters claim only he can save the Ganga, and protect the culture of Varanasi, its dharma.
