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 The crisis has ballooned with economic liberalization that has removed agricultural subsidies and opened Indian agriculture to the global market. Small farmers are often trapped in a cycle of insurmountable debt, leading many to take their lives out of sheer desperation. 

 The Long Period Average (LPA) of the south-west monsoon season rainfall over the country as a whole for the period 1951-2000 is 89cm. The first long range forecast for the south-west monsoon season (June-September) rainfall is issued in April and the forecast update is issued in June.

A huge number of links are present on these sites which provide access to various data and information regarding the status of rural drinking water & sanitation and related government projects.

 Its mandate is to act as a think tank and provide strategic solutions to the clients in private sector, government and others through its team with relevant experience and diversified knowledge. EPRI also provides solutions oriented towards better environment and energy planning for industries, building units and complexes. However, its major focus is on pure scientific and engineering training, research, environment system modeling, national-international knowledge management.

Video Volunteers is an international media organization empowering the voices of the world’s unheard communities. Its mission is to empower the world’s poorest citizens to right the wrongs they witness by becoming players in the global media revolution. 

Video Volunteers launched its community news service, IndiaUnheard, on 3rd of May 2010. Since then, we have trained 45 people to be community correspondents, voices of an India beyond the margins. We’re looking for passionate community members whom we can train to become the voice of their communities.

The pocket book provides an overview of the oceans,their formation, characteristics, and the dynamics that determine their evolution. It also contains information on how the interested reader can pursue these topics further through books and websites.

The pocket book is divided into the following chapters:

ACCESS is a not-for-profit company whose overall aim is to incubate new institutions to enable their self-sufficiency and self-sustainability. To this end, it offers specialised technical assistance under two verticals: microfinance and livelihoods.

The 2011 theme of the competition is centered on the "Collectives in the Agri-allied Sector". For purposes of the competition, agri allied sector comprises the dairy, poultry, goatary, sheep rearing, piggery, fisheries, sericulture and bee keeping etc sectors.

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As part of the 150 years’ celebrations of the Institution of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), a national level online essay competition for the graduate and post graduate students in all the disciplines has been organized. The subject is “Role of CAG in meeting challenges of good governance”. The competition is open only for Indian citizens who are not more than 25 years of age.

This desk review is directed at those engaged in research, education, development and planning and provides consolidated information on reservoirs, including the resources available, level of technologies and the extent of their utilisation and has attempted to systematically compile all relevant information on Indian reservoirs from a fisheries perspective.