New rules mandate four-stream segregation, polluter pays penalties, and digital monitoring to strengthen India’s waste management ecosystem. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, replacing the earlier 2016 framework. Issued under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the new…
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UDF Poised to Reclaim Thrissur Corporation
The United Democratic Front (UDF) is on course for a decisive return to power in the Thrissur Municipal Corporation, marking a significant political shift in Kerala’s local body polls of 2025. Early trends from the counting centres indicate that the Congress-led front has crossed the halfway mark comfortably, signalling a…
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Urban Data Ecosystems: NITI’s Forum Boosts City Planning
Lead: NITI Aayog’s State Support Mission (SSM) hosted the third NITI-State Workshop on “Urban Data Ecosystems for Growth, Jobs and Service Delivery” in Bhopal on 20–21 November, during which the City Data and Analytics Platform (CDAP) — a micro-site of the National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP) — was launched…