The proposed National Food Security Bill aims to provide every person with physical, economic and social access, at all times, either directly or by means of financial purchases, to quantitatively and qualitatively adequate, sufficient and safe food, which ensures an active and healthy life.
This case study by the World Bank aims to understand and address the paradox at the heart of the groundwater governance challenge in India in order to elevate the need for investing in and promoting proactive reforms toward its management
This award winning documentary film directed and produced by Biju Toppo and Meghnath for AKHRA, a Ranchi based activist group documents the illegal displacement of entire villages by the state and highlights the miscarriages of justice brought about by the skewed development policies in India.
A special forest bench headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia of the Supreme Court has on July 6, 2011 allowed French cement giant Lafarge to mine 116-hectare limestone in the forests in the East Khasi hills in Meghalaya
The Government of India adopts the Remote Sensing Data Policy (RSDP) - 2011 containing modalities for managing and/or permitting the acquisition/dissemination of remote sensing data in support of developmental activities.
Action for Food Production (AFPRO) newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 2 of July 2011, focuses on water scarcity, drought and salinity, which are among the most important environmental constraints related to food security in rainfed agriculture systems.
