Government withdraws draft bill of Forest Act
After widespread criticism from tribal communities across states, the government on 15 November 2019 announced that it has decided to withdraw a contentious draft bill to amend the Indian Forests Act, 1927.
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#IndianForestAct #ST #IFA #MoEF&CC #PrakashJavadekar #zerodraft

Drinking water quality standards
Mumbai is the only city whose tap water meets piped drinking water quality standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards, according to a study of 21 capital cities released on 16 November 2019.
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#Drinkingwater #Bureau #JalJeevanMission #SwachhBharatKosh #BIS

Bat for India's entry into RCEP
Australia and New Zealand continue to push for India’s inclusion in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact, weeks after New Delhi pulled out of it.
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#RCEP #India #NewZealand #IndiasBusinessDownUnder #Australia

Govt scraps NSO's consumer expenditure survey
The government has decided to scrap the National Statistical Office’s (NSO’s) consumer expenditure survey conducted in 2017-18 over “data quality”.
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#NSO #dataquality #MPCE #Govtscraps #expenditure

India joins to oppose spectrum band for 5G
India is learnt to have aligned with China, Russia and Japan to oppose the use of 26 Ghz spectrum band for 5G operations, but industry bodies have expressed their reservations about the decision.
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#ISRO #5G #India #26Ghz #WRC #GSA #ITU #China