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AnRak Aluminium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: Another Vedanta in the making ? – An article in EPW
Posted on 10 Jan, 2013 10:35 PMThis paper in Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) by Patrik Oskarsson deals with the bauxite (aluminium) project which is very similar to the Vedanta project in Odisha and is coming up in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.
AnRak Aluminium, a company of the government of Rasal-Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates and Penna Cement of AP has secured approval for both an aluminium complex and the bauxite mines, but the final forest clearance for the mines is awaited.
The AnRak project has replicated the Vedanta model of first building the refinery and then setting up the mine. The mine is to be operated by the state government to circumvent the ban on non-tribal landownership.
Punjab chief minister objects to draft national water policy - Roundup of the week's news (December 31 – January 6, 2013)
Posted on 08 Jan, 2013 08:03 AMObjection raised to National water Policy
Master's training course on sustainable agriculture - Theory and practice, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, January 29 to February 2, 2013
Posted on 23 Dec, 2012 10:18 AM
Venue
Caramel Campus, Kondapur Village, Ghatakesar Mandal, Rangareddy District, Andhra Pradesh
2-week certificate course in Community-Based Microfinance (CBMF), APMAS, Coady International Institute, Hyderabad, February 11-23, 2013 - Apply by January 5, 2013
Posted on 23 Dec, 2012 09:57 AM
Venue
National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME)
Yousufguda, Hyderabad - 500 045
EIA Resource and Response Centre invites applications from interested individuals to work on Environment Impact Assessment and related issues in Kotagiri and Vishakapatnam
Posted on 21 Dec, 2012 09:55 PM
Location
1) ERC Western Ghats Field unit at the Keystone Foundation : Kotagiri, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu
2) ERC Eastern Ghats Office at Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
About eRc India
eRc is a Resource and Response Centre that keeps a watch on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) processes and ensures that the impact of developmental activities on India's Environment and Communities is properly accessed and accounted for. The Environment Impact Assessment Resources & Response Centre was established in the year 2007, in response to the felt need to keep a watch, as well as to challenge, Environment Impact Assessment-EIA reports which are based on inadequate and improper assessment of the impacts of proposed developmental activities on natural India including, wild flora and fauna, rivers, wetlands etc.
Chetna Organic invites applications for the post of Programme Officer in Hyderabad - Apply by January 5, 2013
Posted on 20 Dec, 2012 07:25 AM
Place of posting
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
About Chetna Organic
Chetna Organic Farmers’ Association works with small and marginal farmers to improve their livelihood options and make farming sustainable and profitable. It is based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and works with farmers in the rainfed regions of Maharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Chetna Organic is a project of the Forum for Integrated Development (FFID).
Revitalising Rainfed Soils
The project Revitalising Rainfed Soils (RRS) of the RRA Network is anchored by Chetna Organic and is designed to improve the productivity of soils in rainfed regions. The project aims to evolve the structure of a possible public investment programme on enhancing soil productivity using organic matter.
The APWELL Project: Andhra Pradesh's experience with participatory hydrological monitoring
Posted on 18 Dec, 2012 02:04 PMPreventing groundwater abuse depends on the users' knowledge of what constitutes this over-exploitation and abuse, and why it is undesirable. The success of APWELL, therefore, depends on participatory hydrological monitoring in which the users were trained in basic hydrology and charged with monitoring the hydrological balance of the watershed.