Government continuously working to improve ease of doing business in pharma sector: Minister
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Synopsis Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government continues to strive to improve the ease of doing business in the country. Vigorous effort is on to reduce the regulatory compliance burden on the (pharma) industry, Gowda said.
Union minister D V Sadanand Gowda. (File photo)
The government is continuously working to reduce regulatory compliance burden on the pharma industry in a bid to improve ease of doing business in the country, Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda said on Thursday. Addressing the inaugural session of The India Pharma 2021 & India Medical Device 2021 event here, the minister also emphasised that the domestic pharma industry has the capability to achieve the target of USD 130 billion turnover by 2030.
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GUWAHATI: An awareness meeting on Management of Bio-Medical Wastes and implementation of Bar Code was organized by the Pollution Control Board, Assam in collaboration with M/s Fresh Air Waste Management Service Pvt. Ltd., the operator of Common Bio- Medical Waste Treatment Facility and Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya in Guwahati on Wednesday.[Also Read:
The Meeting was presided over by renowned ophthalmologist and eye surgeon Dr. Harsha Bhattacharjee, the founder,
President and Trustee of Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya, Guwahati. Dr. Kasturi Bhattachrjee, Director of Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya delivered the welcome address with warm greetings to the dignitaries and delegates of hospital, nursing home and diagnostic centres. Around 90 health care facilities of Kamrup (M) District participated in the awareness meet.
Pollution control board to issue new guidelines to eateries, hotels
Pollution control board to issue new guidelines to eateries, hotels
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Feb 24, 2021, 06:00 IST
parking and waste water treatment
All eateries and restaurants with a seating capacity of 36 and above,
hotels with 20 rooms or 1,000 square feet of banquet hall will soon come under the radar of the Karnataka State
Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). Following a direction from the National Green Tribunal, the
KSPCB has come up with
new guidelines for these establishments with regard to solid waste management, ground water consumption, parking and facility to treat used-water.
Last week, senior officials from the KSPCB conducted a meeting with representatives from the Karnataka Hotels Association (KHA) and Bruhat
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JAMMU, Feb 23: In its resolve to promote ‘Ease of Doing Business’ by creating a business-friendly environment, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir today notified the J&K stone crushers/ hot and wet mixing plants regulation rules, 2021 which have dispensed away the requirement of a license to start operation of stone crushers/ hot and wet mixing plants in Jammu and Kashmir.
The decision will facilitate establishment and functioning of stone crushers, hot & wet mixing plants and boost the supply of raw material required in the construction sector. This will also expedite completion of various mega-projects in Jammu & Kashmir.
The new rules recognize a stone crusher/hot and wet mixing plant as a mineral-based (raw material) processing unit different from those indulged in mineral mining activity. As such, the applicability of provisions regulating the working of industrial units has been extended to cover these units, thus, doing away with the need of obta
DEHRADUN: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday rejected a plea by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) seeking review of an order passed by the Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board and slapped a fine of Rs 57.9 lakh on the power major for damaging the environment.
The company was found to have violated muck disposal site maintenance norms at its Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project in Chamoli, which resulted in damage to the environment. Incidentally, the 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project was severely damaged in the February 7 flash floods that resulted in over 100 personnel, who were associated with the project, being reported missing. TNN & AGENCIES