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 …
For many years poverty reduction was the overarching welfare objective of a wide range of development institutions and programs, particularly in the context of agricultural development. Yet in recent years the development community has increasingly set for itself more specific welfare objectives by distinguishing between monetary poverty, food security, nutrition …
Past and present levels of greenhouse gas emissions have locked unavoidable climate change effects into the climate system for decades to come. Countries with climate vulnerable and poor people need to find ways to achieve climate resilient societies and economies while addressing both current increased climatic variability and future climate …
Structural change is the core of sustainable development. Continuous upgrading of manufacturing industries offers opportunities for growth, productive employment and the efficient use of resources. UNIDO’s Industrial Development Report 2013 provides ample evidence of how and why structural change works and presents sustainable paths to industrialization. It is an extremely …
Mumbai: Mumbai may no longer be among the world’s top-ranking cities in the quality of life it offers, but there is reason for hope yet. The latest decadal review of the human development index (HDI) in the state by the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune, has revealed …
The extremely fragile Western Ghats region is highly prone to natural calamities and chances of an Uttarakhand-like tragedy in the region cannot be ruled out if scientific conservation initiatives are not being implemented at the earliest, says a leading environmentalist. Significantly, the foreboding has come at a time when the …
The government has sanctioned Rs 168 crore for the Ghumarwin-Sarkaghat road and Rs 94 crore for the Ghumarwin-Kutheda road. Work on the Kutheda road will start soon as work is awarded to contractor. This was stated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Rajesh Dharmani while addressing a public meeting after laying …
A three-member expert committee will study the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats to help the state form an official view on the matter. The committee comprising Oommen V Oommen, chairman of state biodiversity board, V N Rajashekaran Pillai, executive vice-president, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, and …
Environmental organisations and former senior bureaucrats have written to Union minister of environment Jayanthi Natarajan to reconsider the decision to approve the controversial K Kasturirangan-led high level working group (HLWG) report on Western Ghats as it would destroy the rich biodiversity of the region and adversely impact the livelihood of …
The Union ministry of environment and forests' (MoEF) decision in accepting 'in principle' the Kasturirangan report with a new definition of Western Ghats and delineation of its ecologically sensitive area (ESA) has irked environmentalists, as they fear it will open up fragile areas for development and destruction. Environmentalists noted that …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in principle acceptance of the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats, defining the extent of the ghats and the ecologically sensitive area (ESA) subject to certain conditions, has drawn flak from reputed ecologist Madhav Gadgil. "Kasturirangan has ended up essentially protecting reserve forests, …
Western ghats ecology experts panel (WGEEP) had adopted a broader basis to determine ecologically-sensitive areas, as recommended by the Sen Committee in 2000, but the narrow focus of the high-level working group (HLWG) headed by Kasturirangan on forested areas under government control is totally inadequate and inappropriate, Madhav Gadgil said. …
The report of the Species Survival Commission's Biodiversity Unit (SSC) on 'The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats, India' has revealed that close to 16% of the 1,146 freshwater taxa-aquatic plants and fish native to the western ghat states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and …
The Planning Commission of Pakistan has so far released Rs63.476 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against the total allocations of Rs540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According the data of Planning Commission of Pakistan, out of these allocations, Rs11960.403 million have been released …
In crisis-hit Greece, government decisions taken in haste and despair to save the country from default, risk having a serious impact on the environment. A new bill seeks to relax restrictions on construction of public and private forestland even for those areas, which are considered protected. A joint statement by …
Opposition Calls Hartal In Idukki Today, Plans Parliament March Chief minister Oommen Chandy has convened an all-party meeting on Monday to reach a consensus on the implementation of the Kasturirangan Committee report on the protection of the Western Ghats. The chief minister said that the opinion of all political parties …
Infrastructure projects running in the state are eating up the forest cover of the ecologically fragile Jammu and Kashmir, this has been revealed in the official statistics of the Department of Forests, Environment and Ecology. As per the figures, 875.6647 hectares of forest land has been used for construction of …
World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have promised $1.8 billion aid to Bangladesh. The assurance was given at the annual conference of the multi-lateral lending agencies in Washington. Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told bdnews24.com on Sunday that Bangladesh would get the loan at an …
Double laning of 2,158 km of state highways likely to be completed by end of the 12th Plan period The state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today cleared a proposal for double laning of 2,158.26 km of state highways (SH) by the end of the 12th Plan period …
City watchdog - Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has formulated a mega development project at a cost of Tk.2200 cr and it was submitted to Chittagong Port authority as the project areas are located under the CPA. The mega project includes construction of elevated expressway from Chittagong Airport to Barik building …
The Punjab government has approved 36 development schemes of various development sectors during the current fiscal year 2013-14 with an estimated cost of Rs 27,771.083 million. An amount of Rs 8,430.215 million for road sector, Rs 241.882 million for energy sector, Rs 4,201.143 million for health sector, Rs 5,501.858 million …
