The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025
<p>The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill
Land Use
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REDD+ initiative for saving forests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Forests in Pakistan are severely threatened by growing consumption of fuel wood and illegal logging. It is feared that if immediate action is not taken this natural resource would be totally consumed
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Central Empowered Committee report on R&R plans, resumption of mining operations in “Category-A” mining leases and associated issues
<p>Central Empowered Committee (CEC) allowed ‘A category’ of mines in Karnataka to resume operations, provided all statutory approvals are in place. Read full text of this report dated 29 August 2012.</p>
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Concern over encroachment on government land in Nagaland
DIMAPUR: Y Patton, Nagaland Parliamentary Secretary for Geology & Mining, I&FC and Border Affairs, has warned that immediate eviction drives should be carried out against individuals and government employees encroaching upon government land. This parliamentary secretary’s caution comes in the wake of reported random encroachment of land and buildings belonging to the State Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department in Dimapur.
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Satellites to help Beijing expose fake afforestation
Beijing's afforestation watchdog has said it will turn to satellite monitoring to expose fake green drives in the city and prevent the misuse of plantation funds, local media reported on Tuesday. "To
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Forest Department to assess impact
Use of plantation land in State for tourism activities The ecological impacts of the decision to allow construction of resorts and hotels in plantations will be assessed by the Kerala Forest Department. Minister for Forests K.B. Ganesh Kumar says that officials of the department will be asked to look into the possible impacts of the order on forest ecosystems and wildlife. The order is applicable only to private estates and officers stationed near these estates will be put on high alert.
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“Charge more for surface parking than multi-level”
The Environmental Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) presentation on a new parking policy for Delhi before the Lieutenant-Governor on Thursday argued that the rate of parking for surface parking should be kept higher than multi-level parking facilities. Other suggestions related to pricing made by Ms. Sunita Narain and Mr. Bhure Lal at the meeting on behalf of EPCA were to keep parking rates variable based on peak and non-peak hours, number of hours parked, and different categories of lands and colonies.
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KSBB highlights State perspective
Report of Madhav Gadgil-headed Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel The report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) headed by Madhav Gadgil has generated much heat and dust in Kerala, with environmental activists and pro-development experts adopting diametrically opposing views. But meaningful debate on the issue has been hampered by the difficulty in comprehending the voluminous report and the lack of data analysis and interpretation. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has taken the initiative to address this lacuna by bringing out a handy document on the aspects of the WGEEP report relevant to the State.
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Landslide deaths much higher than thought: study
Landslides killed more than 32,000 people across the world from 2004 to 2010 - up to 10 times more than previously thought, the first detailed study of the disasters showed on Thursday. The new data
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Mizoram project to be gateway to southeast Asia
AIZAWL, Aug 15 (IANS): Mizoram will be the gateway to Southeast Asian countries after the construction of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project in neighbouring Myanmar, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla
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Bill to safeguard agri land tabled
PANJIM: In his resolve to boost agriculture and prevent misuse of agricultural land, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has initiated a timely legislation which empowers the Government to contain diversion of agricultural land. Parrikar who declared his intention to arrest declining agriculture activity in the State on Tuesday tabled the Goa Land Use (Regulation) (amendment) Bill, 2012, that prohibits use of agricultural land for any purpose other than agriculture.