Kaziranga animals to get zebra crossings
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Assam government to stop movement of traffic at six points on the stretch of highway running along Kaziranga National Park from 5 am to 7 am and from 4 pm and 7 pm daily.
MoeF issues draft notification on Western Ghats
Earmarks 56,825 sq km of the ghats as ecologically sensitive putting it out of bounds for mining, quarrying and major construction and thermal projects. Leaves out 3,000 sq km on Kerala government’s demand.
Delhi Police to have AAP-like helpline
The Vigilance department of the Delhi Police will soon have its own helpline, which will function the same way as the anti-corruption helpline initiated by the AAP government in January this year. There will be 10 lines, manned by 10 police personnel, including women.
Is secularism anti-religion?
Delhi High Court questions Centre on Rs 5 coins with Vaishno Devi’s image. Says State should be completely blind to religion.
Need policy for treating poor: Delhi HC
Orders Delhi Health department to consider allowing direct donations to "special accounts" at government hospitals to provide treatment for poor patients or those suffering from rare and expensive-to-treat diseases.
Income tax helpline against black money in polls
Floats a toll-free helpline number asking general public to alert it about any suspicious movement of large sums of cash in the national capital during polls. The toll-free number is 1800110132
UIDAI does not want Aadhaar data to probe crimes
Appeals in Supreme Court against an order of the Bombay High Court that seeks to examine if its biometric database can be used in criminal investigation. The authority said a random search could result in false matches of lakh of residents.
This is a roundup of policy news from March 16-22, 2014. Compiled by Vineela Reddy.