India, March 20 -- All that was discussed in the House through the day

A total of 3,616 projects involving 69,414.32 hectares of forest land have been approved for non-forest use under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in the last five years, said environment minister Prakash Javadekar in the Lok Sabha on March 20, 2020. During the same period, compensatory afforestation (CA) was stipulated over more than 126,000 hectares, said the minister.

Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme

Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) has not been implemented in Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh, stated the health ministry in Lok Sabha.

According to Ashwini Kr Choubey, the minister of state in Union health ministry, Meghalaya floated the tende...