Rice from the Food Corporation of India will be sold at a subsidy to private distilleries while India fares badly on hunger indicators.

Rampant rat hole coal mining is prevalent in Meghalaya despite a ban while the state government is yet to conduct a thorough enquiry.

The Central government has undertaken a series of reforms in the recent past making it cost-effective for thermal power plants to use domestically-produced coal irrespective of environmental hazards.

With most thermal power plants already failing to meet deadlines to put accumulated fly ash to alternate use, ponds with dams constructed and operated with no expertise whatsoever are brimming with toxic slurry.