Environment Vs Development News Today

The report presented by the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice to Rajya Sabha on August 3 proposes that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) should consider extending reservation benefits to transgender people in the Central Armed Police Forces. The proposed inclusion of transgender individuals in the armed forces has ignited a discussion regarding the preparedness of the Indian forces to integrate them.

The occurrence of recent disasters such as landslides, rains, cloudbursts, and the subsidence in Joshimath in the Himalayan States has highlighted the imperative of prioritising environmental preservation over development. However, there is an ongoing debate on whether environmental concerns be traded for development in Himalayan states?

Newslaundry visits villages yet to recover from the floods nearly 10 years ago. Many now have cracked houses.

Himachal walks the tightrope to power its development with wider roads and hydel electricity at the cost of millions of trees and a reshaped topography. Are the ecological pitfalls accounted for?