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 …
Lucknow With the Uttar Pradesh cabinet giving its nod to the Agra-Lucknow greenfield eco-friendly expressway last week, work on the ambitious project has started picking pace. A public-private partnership monitoring committee (PPPMC), headed by Infrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) Anil K Gupta, on Wednesday accepted and approved the concept …
Pranab says Bihar may see the second green revolution PATNA, 3 OCT: President Pranab Mukherjee today arrived in Patna with a new wish ~ the wish that agriculture be developed into an “honourable profession”. “A professor’s son wants to be a professor, a doctor’s son wants to be a doctor …
New Delhi: Even though nearly 33% of households among the lower income groups in the city feel that a girl child is abused in school and nearly 48% say they are abused on way to school, 57% of them are still ignorant of the RTE Act two years after its …
Kerala is endowed with vast small hydro power potential to the tune of about 700 MW. Government of Kerala has issued several guidelines from time to time for the development of small hydro power project since 1992. The measures have encouraged private investment to harness green energy from natural resources. …
In mathematics, India’s share of world output stood at around 2% in 2010, while it was 17% for China. In case of materials sciences, India’s share of world research was at 6.4% in 2010, while China’s stood at 26% — a rise from 5% in 1996. At a time when …
Sindh is lagging behind the rest of the country in health indicators, revealed an analysis carried out by the health department for the newly launched Sindh Health Sector Strategy (2012-2020). The health department had carried out an evidence-based situational analysis from September to November 2011 for the eight-year health plan …
The 2012 Sri Lanka human development report examines the social and economic disparities across Sri Lanka’s geographic regions. It also highlights development differences amongst provinces and districts to the extent that data are available, focusing in particular on spatial disparities. It assesses the health, education, employment and governance sectors, and …
The nature of agricultural development and the way food is produced, processed and sold is changing rapidly. Consumers increasingly want safe, higher value, and varied agricultural products. This is creating opportunities for farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs along agricultural value chains to transform commodities into higher value products—a process that can …
The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. The report will provide analytical tools to identify the obstacles to sustained job creation and examine differences in the nature of jobs, which in turn affects …
India, China, Russian Federation and South Africa have almost 60% of the world's cases of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis reveals this 17th WHO report on tuberculosis that provides a comprehensive assessment of the TB epidemic & its prevention with data from 204 countries. This is the seventeenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) …
This study aims to enhance understanding of the dynamic relationship among biodiversity conservation and management, gender, and livelihoods in the greater Himalayan region. Based on a review of literature and field-based case studies on the ground, it provides important insights on the different ways in which women and men in …
Developing countries are faced with the dual challenge of reducing poverty while improving management of natural capital and mitigating the emission of greenhouse gases and local pollutants. The challenge is particularly acute for large, rapidly growing economies, such as India, China, and Brazil. In response to this challenge, ESMAP and …
Govt Must Decide What Best Serves Common Good New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said auction could not be the sole method for allocation of natural resources, a judicial determination which was immediately seized upon by the government as a rebuttal of its criticism for allocating spectrum and coal …
NEW DELHI, 28 SEPT: Ratings firm Fitch today lowered India's growth projection for the current fiscal to 6 per cent from 6.5 per cent estimated earlier citing challenging economic outlook. “India's economic outlook remains challenging. The projections for real GDP growth (has been trimmed) to 6 per cent for FY …
‘Palike engineers and corporators have ignored our efforts’ Members of various residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) dubbed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s garbage segregation method as top-down approach. Speaking at a consultation programme ‘People’s Participation in Urban Governance’ organised by CIVIC, an NGO, in the City recently, they said the Palike …
INDORE: Wait for BRTS has just got longer. Board of Indore Development Authority (IDA) has once again extended the deadline for construction of the BRTS by three months on Wednesday. Neeraj Pratibha Company handling the BRTS will now have to complete the construction by December 31. The project has already …
Will cut travel time to three hours from the present seven The Samajwadi Party government’s first major road project — the 270-kilometre Agra-Lucknow Greenfield Expressway — will be built through the PPP (public-private participation) mode. The green signal for the ambitious project was given at a Cabinet meeting chaired by …
NEW DELHI, Sept 25 – Calling for a strategic approach to develop tourism in the North-east, experts underlined the need for branded hotels, smooth connectivity and skill development, as part of an effective strategy to promote the sector in the region. At a ‘Workshop on Making of North-East Tourism Ready’, …
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today gave nod to the construction of Srinagar and Jammu Ring Roads to decongest traffic and provide alternate communication for commuters taking care up to the year 2042. Approving the prestigious and most required two road projects involving an expenditure of abut Rs. 3000 crores …
A poor monsoon this year has put the spotlight back on agriculture. But, this time around, with no pick-up in exports and services, which usually offset the adverse effects of an inadequate farm output, it has become imperative for policy-makers to give agriculture a much-needed boost, says Gayatri Nayak When …
