Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
FINANCE minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said inflation in essential items is likely to decline further and forecast of a normal monsoon had brightened the prospects of the economy growing at 8.5% in the current financial year.
Mumbai: After witnessing a dip in 2009 on account of the global financial crisis, the green sector in India is once again attracting the attention of investors and banks.
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Under the National Calamity Contingency Fund, the Finance Ministry has approved Rs 1,200 crore for Punjab and Haryana for providing electricity and water to farmers and saving its paddy crop The Central government will give Punjab Rs 800 crore as reward for the efforts it made to save crop last year and not seeking compensation by calling the state drought-hit.
Gives nod to nursing college in Patiala Medical College Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given, in principle, approval to sanction Rs 220 crore for upgrade infrastructure of government hospitals on Monday. The fund will be provided by the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board and Rural Development Board.
Noting that the Department of Land Resources under the Union Rural Development Ministry has not been getting required funds during the 11th Plan period (2007-2012), a Parliamentary Standing Committee has urged the Planning Commission to allocate the requisite funds for better execution of the Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) and National Land Records Modernisation Programme (NLRMP)
Government spending on health from domestic sources is an important indicator of a government
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Underlining financial implications as a major hurdle in implementing the Right to Education Act, Delhi Government has initiated the process for implementation of the Act in the schools of the national Capital. Insiders say that Delhi Government needs over Rs 1,150 crore to implement the scheme proposed by the Union HRD Ministry beginning the next academic session.