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Public toilets In disrepair, villagers suffer - Video Volunteers : Article in India Unheard
Posted on 28 Jun, 2011 05:38 PM
In Kokkarapati village (TN), dilapidated public toilets cause difficulty, disease and humiliation.
First Bihar regional conference on energy, environment and sustainable development, The Oceanic Group, June 30, 2011, Patna
Posted on 28 Jun, 2011 05:12 PM
Organizer: The Oceanic Group
Venue: IIT Patna
Description:
The event, a part of Bihar Vision 2030 and is being organised by ‘The Oceanic Group’ in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Bihar and Jharkhand, NHRD, Patna and HHF.
Centrally sponsored schemes ARWSP and TSC have not done enough to ensure right to water and basic sanitation : Article from Combat Law
Posted on 28 Jun, 2011 04:59 PM
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) recognises the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all human beings. There are certain basic needs that are essential for a dignified life. Water and sanitation are two of these essential human needs and a clean environment is also increasingly recognised as a fundamental human right.
Challenges of food security and its management: A position paper by the National Rainfed Area Authority
Posted on 28 Jun, 2011 08:07 AM
The paper also discusses their future potential and possible impact on national food security of diversification into non-PDS, fruits, vegetables and other commercial crops. This kind of analysis is likely to help planners and policy makers in choosing appropriate policy framework in evolving the strategies for enacting and operationalization of Food Security Act.
With increase in population, income and urbanization, the demand for food grains has also increased and diversified. Although there has been more than four-fold increase in food grain production from 1950-51 (50.82 mt) to 2008-09 (233.88 mt), a large section of our population continues to suffer from malnutrition and inadequacy of food grains. On the other hand degradation of land, water and other natural resources have started impacting production through increased biotic and abiotic stresses.
An openwell as a source of water in Bangalore city
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 04:48 PMHere is a 7 household apartment in Cooke town, which is east-ish Bangalore and close to the Ulsoor lake. The apartment had a well in its site, but still did not build infrastructure to use the well water.
Release of the latest issue of The Hindu's annual publication - Survey of Indian Agriculture 2010
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 12:41 PM
The survey aims to cover major crops and suggestions to farmers on how to take preventive steps to avoid yield loss. There will also be a special article on improvement in living conditions of the rural people.
Contents
Section-1
Overview:
Enhancing the disaster resilience of agriculture
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Drought:
Preparedness to face drought challenges
Dr. V. Rajagopal
Intensive farming responsible for farmer suicides - Interview with Devinder Sharma with special focus on Odisha
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 11:54 AM
Q: Odisha is not much known for farmers' suicide the way we hear it in Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh etc. But of late such cases are being reported in the media. What's the reason?
A: When you look at the issue of farmers' suicide, it's an indication of the crisis that exists in the agriculture sector. This is linked to monoculture and intensive or industrial farming model that have been implemented in the country. Vidharbha for instance has been in the news on the issue of farmers' suicide mainly because there is one NGO namely Vidharbha Jan Andolan Samiti which regularly compiles the figures of farmers suicide and feeds to the media. Unfortunately there are no such NGOs elsewhere to do a similar job. So therefore we do not get the real picture of farmers distress in other areas where conditions are equally bad. If suppose this NGO also stops compiling suicide figures, our impression about Vidharbha as a suicide belt of India will also disappear. In other words, not only in Vidharbha, agriculture across the country is in a terrible crisis.
Online survey by NEERI in cooperation with University of Liverpool on the functioning of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India and the UK
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 11:52 AMNational Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in association with University of Liverpool (UK) is conducting online survey on the functioning of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India and the UK. The purpose of the survey is to reflect on the experiences of professionals with EIA in the past and also to look ahead to the future role of EIA.
The first three parts of the survey is based on what your experiences of EIA are while the fourth part relates to what EIA should be like. The survey is anonymous and completing it will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes of your time. Please note the ‘save’ option in the survey does not actually let you save and come back to the survey later.
Sitaram Jindal Foundation invites nominations for Jindal prize 2011 – Apply by June 30, 2011
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 11:31 AM
The Sitaram Jindal Foundation formerly known as S.J. Jindal Trust, set up in 1969 is a charitable organisation engaged in promoting education, healthcare & rural development. The foundation believes in serving humanity without consideration of caste, creed, religion or gender. It has no political, religious or commercial affiliation. The foundation has set up several schools, colleges, hospitals and has awarded scholarships to more than 1 lakh students.