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 was passed by voice vote, with the opposition Congress walking out of the House due to insufficient discussion. The bill was introduced …
Luanda — About half of the Angolan population has come out of the absolute poverty line, said Wednesday in Luanda the head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos. The president who quoted independent studies, was delivering a state-of-the-Nation message at the opening of the 3rd Session of the National Assembly's …
Tokyo remained fourth out of 40 major cities in an annual global city ranking released Thursday, trailing London, New York and Paris. The latest Global Power City Index, compiled annually by the Institute for Urban Strategies at the Mori Memorial Foundation since 2008, assesses 70 indicators in six categories: economy, …
In late August, India's environment ministry rejected a proposal to build what would be the country's largest hydropower plant in a remote and pristine part of the country's northeast because of the potential damage to an area rich in biodiversity. Less than a month later and, according to two environment …
* “Amend the new Land Acquisition Act to safeguard tribal land and disallow acquisition by a non-tribal, including private companies.” * “Make gram sabha consent mandatory for acquisition of land, even by the government for its own use.” * “Introduce penalties to prevent deliberate flouting of the Forest Rights Act, …
Being Released After Nearly 10 Yrs After almost a decade, the Gujarat government is ready with the second state human development report which is to be published shortly .The first report was published in 2005 after being held for two years the report was prepared in 2003 but due …
MADURAI: The unplanned and rampant development which took place in the last few years have resulted in the ruining water bodies in the city. For a city like Madurai water bodies and storm water channels are the main source of water. There are a large number of water bodies but …
The majority of the world's rich donor nations failed to meet their development aid pledges in 2013 and only one third of the money went to the poorest countries, a report said on Monday. Aid by members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose 5.3 percent year-on-year to a …
There is an increasing recognition that to avoid dangerous climate change, most fossil fuel reserves will need to be left in the ground. This calls for increased attention for policies focusing on the supply side of fossil fuels. While national policies play a key part in governing fossil fuels and …
This report is part of a project carried out by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) for the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) which will focus on the effective use of public finance to scale up geothermal deployment in developing countries. The public sector plays a significant role in financing geothermal with 76-90% …
The key objectives of the Industrial Promotion Policy 2014 are: Rationalization and simplification of procedures to ensure effective implementation of policy; To improve investor facilitation and enhance ease of doing business; To create an enabling environment for robust industrial growth; To achieve higher and sustainable economic growth by accelerating the …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made some rather emphatic and significant statements on international economic and environmental policy in his UN General Assembly speech that were all but lost in the din that ensued around his staged show at Madison Square Garden. He said, “We should be honest in shouldering our …
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced a Rs 850-crore special package for the district on Monday. The move is seen as a thanksgiving gesture for the people of Bellary Rural constituency, who elected the Congress candidate in the recent byelections to the Assembly. The chief minister made the announcement to reporters, after …
Agricultural biotechnology has been used to address constraints in agriculture and has the potential to make a major contribution to the overall goal of sustainable intensification. The adoption of agricultural biotechnology, and specifically genetically modified (GM) crops, by many African countries has been quite limited to date, however. To further …
UNA-UK’s own contribution to the process included the first edition of Global Development Goals, which analysed the successes, gaps and challenges of the MDGs to produce ideas on how to improve their successors. This new publication shifts the focus from ‘what’ to ‘how’, with sections on financing, delivering results, sharing …
India will take action on climate change not “at somebody’s dictation” but on its own volition, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very much interested in climate change and environmental issues. He has proved it in Gujarat for 12 years that both conservation and protection …
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved 15 development projects worth Rs16 billion, mostly for energy sector, higher education and infrastructure development. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal, who presided over the Central Working Development Party (CWDP) meeting, stated that public funds earmarked for development should be …
Fourteen years ago world leaders unanimously adopted the Millennium Declaration, which sought to harness the uneven process of globalization as a historic opportunity “to create a shared future, based upon our common humanity in all its diversity”. The Millennium Development Goals framework, adopted at the same time, was the concrete …
A report published by My World, a United Nation Global Survey for a Better World, says no fewer than five million people voted for an end to poverty by 2015. My World platform steers discussions on the post-2015 agenda and enhances civil society’s participation to ensure that people’s voices are …
The United States will provide $402 million assistance to the government of Nepal to be utilized across a wide range of sectors, from democratic process and governance to health, economy, food security and climate change. The fund will be used over the next five years, the US Agency for International …
The new Industrial policy seeks to promote industrial development in the state to optimally use the existing resource base of the state. The strengths of the state in terms of physical advantages such as long coast line, strong manufacturing base, excellent levels of support infrastructure, high base of entrepreneurial economy, …
