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 …
The paper, “Energy, Development and Climate Change: Striking a Balance”, examines the energy scenario – availability, access, influence of markets and government policies – in rural India, especially in the areas where WOTR has been working. It highlights the successful partnership between local communities, with their innate grounded wisdom and …
India with 600’000 producers is the home for maximum organic producers in the world reveals this 15th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. Also finds that between 2011 and 2012, the organic area in Asia decreased by almost half a million …
PRESS RELEASE Chandigarh; 29 January, 2014: Adani Foundation, the CSR arm of Adani group, India’s leading infrastructure player, announced that it has bagged the 3rd Annual Greentech CSR 2013 Award. The foundation was awarded for its exemplary activities in the education sector under its CSR program, showcased through the Adani …
The district development advisory committee approved uplift schemes worth Rs70 million here on Tuesday. The committee met with its chairman MPA Munawar Khan Marwat in the chair. The meeting was attended by MPAs Malik Noor Saleem Khan, Zarin Zia, Deputy Commissioner Syed Zafar Ali Shah, DDAC Secretary Qalam Badshah and …
The State Focus Paper for the year 2014-15 focuses on two important aspects viz., estimation of sectoral potential for credit on a scientific and rational basis to provide a development perspective for the State, as also suggesting an incisive coverage of critical infrastructure requirements and gaps to be bridged for …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the UP state government on Monday to clarify the status of mapping of the Bil Akbarpur wetlands in Greater Noida, which has allegedly been encroached upon by real estate development projects. The UP state government had been issued orders earlier to undertake a joint …
The Punjab Government on Monday approved fourteen development schemes with an estimated cost of Rs 13259.249 million. These schemes were approved in the 27th meeting of Provincial Development working Party of current fiscal year 2013-14 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad Irfan Elahi, said P&D; …
Studying development in a climate change context, it is important to analyse the implications of development on GDP growth, expenditure and resulting emissions. Use the IRADe LCDS (low carbon strategy for development) activity analysis model to analyse this issue. Results show that our Visionary Development scenario, including poverty alleviation and …
Human development will have go on without forgetting the importance to sustain the environment, asserted the member of National Green Tribunal (NGT) Justice MS Nambiar besides underscoring on the concept of preserving our environment on the three basic principles. “Political principle, precautionary principle and off course principle of sustainable development …
The Millennium Development Goals report is a continuing assessment of human development, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability as well as cooperation of the world community in achieving the set targets as part of the overall development goals for the country. This report sets out the national progress in achieving the …
Pune: The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has planned more than a stone observatory to promote Lonar crater as a tourist destination, with fresh plans to build a museum which will house specimens of rocks and plant species found in the crater area. This will be especially useful for scientists …
Slamming the Uttarakhand government for encouraging industrial development in the ecologically sensitive region, environmentalist Anil Prakash Joshi opposed the proliferation of industries in the State, which, according to him, is “being promoted by the State government.” The criticism of the Bahuguna government by Dr. Joshi, who is the founder of …
JAIPUR: When we can't say carbon dioxide is yours and oxygen mine, it's time to stop playing solo and join hands together to work towards preservation of our fast depleting natural resources. At a session on 'Blue Planet, Green Earth' with Shekhar Pathak, vice president, World Mountain People Association, Suman …
The government is formulating a climate fiscal framework to coordinate spending in the climate change-related activities, official sources said. The move is taken to ensure appropriate and effective use of funds in offsetting the impacts of climate change on Bangladesh, one of the countries most vulnerable to global warming. Officials …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Sunday approved 13 development projects involving TK 7,735 crore, including Tk 115 crore to give the capital a facelift ahead of the T-20 World Cup Cricket scheduled for March next, reports UNB. The approval came from the first meeting of …
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has constituted a committee consisting of parliamentarians to review mega development projects and tasked them with pointing out corruption and embezzlement under the previous government. The review committee, led by Hamza Shahbaz, and consisting of Senator Mushahidullah Khan, Minister of State Jam Kamal and MNAs, including …
Beijing's skyscrapers receded into a dense gray smog on Thursday as the capital saw the season's first wave of extremely dangerous pollution, with the concentration of toxic small particles registering more than two dozen times the level considered safe. The air took on an acrid odor, and many of the …
The government has so far released Rs. 171.303 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against total allocations of Rs. 540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the latest data of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Rs. 37,250.403 million have been released for various …
2020, the economic ministry yesterday announced it wouldn’t be able to achieve the target. To achieve it, all planned projects, including the four joint venture projects, should have started last year. 2020 is only six years from now and we have achieved only 1,488MW. This could double, even triple, when …
Project will expedite improvement of infrastructure in Odisha The government today approved a Rs 761 crore road project in Odisha under its flagship National Highways Development Project. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for four-laning with paved shoulders of Jharpokharia-Baripada-Baleshwar section of NH-5 in Odisha," …
