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Analytical Methods - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:36 PMThis Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Analytical Methods in Civil Engineering is structured into modules on the following topics:
Housing and urban policy in India - Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2010)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:34 PMThis document provides information on the evolution of the Housing and Urban Policy in India since the 1950s, which was the beginning of urbanisation and migration of people from rural to urban areas. Urbanisation was then perceived negatively as a drain of resources to feed the population from cities and the contribution of cities in the economic development of the country was not appreciated.
The document describes how the policy evolved from the First Plan in (1951-1956) to the Eighth Plan in (1992-97), which for the first time explicitly recognised the role and importance of urban sector for the national economy.
Towards faster and more inclusive growth - An approach to the 11th five year plan - Government of India (Planning Commission) (2006)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 03:32 PMThis document by the Government of India describes the approach to the 11th five year plan. The document is divided into seven chapters and includes:
- Chapter 1: The objectives of the eleventh five year plan and the existing challenges in the country in terms of disparities and divides
- Chapter 2: Growth potential in the eleventh plan
- Chapter 3: Sectoral policies for the eleventh plan
- Chapter 4: Strategic initiatives for inclusive development
- Chapter 5: Bridging divides: including the excluded
- Chapter 6: Public Sector Plan: an enabling environment
- Chapter 7: Conclusions
The national green tribunal bill - Ministry of Environment and Forests (2009)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:54 AMThe following document describes the details of the process of implementation of the bill and includes:
- Short title and commencement o f the bill
- Definitions of the terms used in the bill
- Details of the establishment of a Tribunal known as the National Green Tribunal to exercise the jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred on the Tribunal by the bill
- Jurisdiction, powers and proceedings of the Tribunal
- Details of the penalty for failure to comply with the orders of the Tribunal
The employment of manual scavengers and construction of dry latrines (prohibition) act - Directorate of Municipal Administration (1993)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:24 AMThe document goes on to describe the details of the implementation of the Act and includes:
The water (prevention and control of pollution) cess (amendment) act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (2003)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:16 AMModification of Section 16
The water (prevention and control of pollution) cess act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1977)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:12 AMThe document provides the details of the Act in terms of :
The water (prevention and control of pollution) act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1974)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:08 AMThe document provides the details of the steps to be undertaken to implement the Act and includes:
The water (prevention and control of pollution) rules - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1975)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 11:01 AMThis document provides information on the rules underlying the section 63 of the Water (prevention and control of pollution) act and includes:
- Title and the definition of terms underlying the rules
- Information on the terms and conditions of service of the members of the central board and of committees of the central board
- Power and duties of the chairman and the member secretary and appointment of officers and employees
- Rules in case of temperory association of persons with the central board
- Rules for the appointment of a consultant engineer
- Budget of the central board
- Annual report of the central board
- Account of the central board
- Report of the central board analyst
- Rules for the establishment and functioning of the central water laboratory
- Powers and functions of the central board in relation to the union territories
The national environment tribunal act - Ministry of Environment and Forests (1995)
Posted on 12 Oct, 2010 10:57 AMThe document describes the details of the Act in terms of: