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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Only 3% Indian buildings ‘green’
Although India is facing a construction boom, only three per cent of its buildings can be certified as green. Experts expressed concern as to why the building sector remains unregulated especially since
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States with natural resources more economically sustainable: Study
States with abundant natural resources and less economic activity are environmentally most sustainable in India, while it is just the opposite in the case of those with high intensity of economic activities, according to the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) here. The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) for Indian States 2011, a study by the Centre for Development Finance under the 1970-founded IFMR, notes that the index for two years — 2009 and 2011 — shared this common characteristic.
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Mosaic-level inference of the impact of land cover changes in agricultural landscapes on biodiversity: A case-study with a threatened grassland bird
Changes in land use/land cover are a major driver of biodiversity change in the Mediterranean region. Understanding how animal populations respond to these landscape changes often requires using landscape
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Alarming rise in tiger deaths in India
At a time when the tiger population is fast dwindling, India has reported an alarming increase in tiger deaths. An estimated 48 tigers have reportedly died in the first six months of this year (till
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Multi-level car park opens near CP
The state-of-the-art facility can accommodate more than 1,400 cars By asking you to ‘Let your car wait in style', Capital Point, the city's newest automated multi-level car park near Connaught Place, seems to be all about providing comfort for your car. Flanked by Hanuman Mandir and Gurdwara Bangla Sahib on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, the white exterior could be easily mistaken for a new shopping mall in town.
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Revised guidelines soon for use of excess land in major ports
Revised policy guidelines for making use of excess land in major ports will be issued soon, said Union Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan here on Tuesday. He told reporters that discussions were on to draft the guidelines. They would be sent to the Union Cabinet for clearance. The guidelines would usher in transparency in the use of land for the development of the port sector.
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Govt to relax SEZ land norms soon
Requirements on minimum size, contiguity and vacant stretches to be eased MAT and DDT to stay The ministry of commerce and industry would soon announce relaxed land-related norms for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to arrest the slackening pace of growth in these tax-free zones by making certain changes in the SEZ policy. In a major amendment to the policy, enacted in 2006, for the first time the government will change the minimum land requirement across all sectors.
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The question of land
What the standing committee report on the land acquisition bill left out. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development’s 31st report on land acquisition released this May does not want the
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Raj has highest probability of drought: Report
Jaipur: The draft report of Rajasthan State Action Plan on Climate Change has brought out some alarming facts about the water situation in the state. According to the report, the state has the highest probability of drought occurrence in the country. It also falls within areas having greatest climate sensitivity, maximum vulnerability and lowest adaptive capacity. According to the report, “high dependency on groundwater has resulted in its overexploitation, with nearly 80% of groundwater witnessing depletion. The quality of groundwater has also progressively deteriorated. The stage of groundwater exploitation which was 35% in 1984 has reached a level of 138% in 2008
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Lead by example
As host nation of Rio+20, Brazil should choose the right course for its own development, say Fabio Scarano, André Guimarães and José Maria da Silva.