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Environmental activists, write to Stalin
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Stop Vedanta’s unit from reopening, scrap highway projects and nuclear plants are their demands
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Stop Vedanta’s unit from reopening, scrap highway projects and nuclear plants are their demands
Various organisations and prominent personalities, including director Vetrimaran, actor Vijay Sethupathi, former Madras High Court judge (retd) D. Hariparanthaman, have written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister-designate M.K. Stalin to not allow the Vedanta copper smelter unit to be reopened, scrap the Chennai-Salem 8-lane highway project and the additional four proposed Kudankulam nuclear plants, among other environment-related issues.
They also requested the CM-designate to prosecute the directors of the Vedanta copper smelter unit, scrap the Adani port expansion at Kattupalli, the Kanniyakumari International Container Terminal, the Chittoor-Thachur 6-lane expressway, and withdraw the AIADMK government’s request
Last Friday, President Biden released his fiscal year (FY) 2022 $1.522 trillion discretionary budget, which provides an 8.4% increase over fiscal 2021. It provides a 16% increase or $106 billion for non-defense spending and a $12 billion increase, or 12%, for defense spending. The budget represents some of Biden s campaign priorities of education, investments to address climate change and cancer research.
The budget proposes $27.8 billion in discretionary spending for USDA with emphasis on broadband, research and nutrition. This is a $3.8 billion increase, or 16%, over last year.
USDA highlights include:
Broadband - $65 million increase over FY 21 for the Rural e-Connectivity Program, which provides grants and loans to deploy broadband to unserved areas.