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Nominate now - mBillionth Award South Asia 2011 - Recognising innovations in telecom & mobile content & applications for masses
Posted on 24 Mar, 2011 01:09 PM
The mBillionth South Asia 2011 Award recognizes and felicitates Mobile & Telecom technology based initiatives & innovations.
mBillionth Award is a dedicated platform to explore the latent potential of mobile & telecom sector across 8 countries in South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
India’s water sector: The performance and challenges – A presentation by Himanshu Thakker of SANDRP
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 11:44 PM
The sector is marked by large-scale water development projects like big dams.
Farmers feel left out - Budget 2011-12 is more concerned about the consumer than the farmer - Down to Earth
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 09:43 AMNational mission for a green India - Presentation to the PM's council on climate change - Latest update from the MoEF
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 04:15 PMThe draft was made available in 11 languages.
There were 7 regional consultations held at Guwahati, Dehradun, Pune, Bhopal, Jaipur, Vizag and Mysore over a month and a half starting from 10th June to 15th July and attended by the Minister and the team.
Estimating the investment requirements for urban infrastructure services – Report of the High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC)
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 09:13 AM
This report on Indian urban infrastructure and services is an outcome of the High Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) chaired by Isher Judge Ahluwalia set up by the Ministry of Urban Development in May, 2008 for estimating the investment requirement for urban infrastructure services. It is an inevitable outcome of the faster rates of growth to which the economy has now transited. Indeed, urbanisation is itself a process that will support growth. The Committee has made recommendations on how to deal with these challenges of urbanisation.
The Committee has held several meetings with officials from the Government of India, state governments and local governments and also met with academicians and other stakeholders such as Asian Development Bank with interest and expertise in Indian urban issues.
The report argues that the challenge of managing urbanisation will have to be addressed through a combination of increased investment, strengthening the framework for governance and financing, and a comprehensive capacity building programme at all levels of government. The Committee has projected very large investment requirements for providing public services to specified norms and also supporting the growth process. The challenge of financing these investments is inextricably linked with the challenge of governing the cities and towns of India.
Handbook of fisheries and aquaculture - New book released by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Posted on 21 Mar, 2011 05:55 PM
Rural household saving water at homeAllocation, release and utilization of funds for safe drinking water in rural and tribal areas under NRDWP for the last three years - PIB release
Posted on 21 Mar, 2011 12:46 PMFunds are released to the States under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) by the Government of India for providing drinking water supply in rural areas covering the rural and tribal areas of the State.
About 30% of rural household’s access piped drinking water from taps. However, full coverage of rural habitations is about 75%.
Vicious cycle of fluoride in semi-arid India – A health concern – A paper in Current Science
Posted on 20 Mar, 2011 09:10 PMMore than 16 states in India are facing the fluorosis problem. Several southern-peninsular states are experiencing monsoon climate condition, where the rainwater is harvested through tanks and used for agriculture.