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This document describes the Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Act and includes:

• Short title, extent and commencement of the Act
• Definitions of the terms used in the Act
• Constitution and incorporation of the Urban Development Authority
• Power of authority to undertake development schemes
• Authority to acquisition of land
• Power of authority to property and finance
• Appointments of officers and servants of Authority

This document describes the policy facilitating public private partnerships for infrastructure development in the state of Orissa and includes:

• The background to the policy
• The policy objectives
• Infrastructure sectors
• Institutional arrangement
• Project identification and approval process
• Preparation of Detailed Project Report and selection of developers
• State support
• Orissa Infrastructure Development Fund
• Protection of stakeholder rights

This document describes the details of the Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Act and includes:

• Short title, extent and commencement of the Act
• Definitions of the terms used in the Act
• The incorporation, constitution and details of the functioning of the Urban Development Authority
• Power of authority for development schemes
• Authority for acquisition of land
• Power of authority in case of property and finance
• Details of appointment of officers and servants of the authority

This report by Both ENDS and Gomukh compiles and showcases a set of seven case studies where a ‘negotiated approach’ to River Basin Management was already being used in different parts of the world and in different geographical and socio-political environments. It builds its analysis on real life experiences, including both successful and less successful attempts to implement and scale up local water management techniques. It sets out to go beyond general policy analyses, which tend to describe `what is’ or propose recipes that are based on theoretical research. 

This document describes the details of the Industrial, Investment and Infrastructure Policy of Maharashtra. The document includes:

• The background to the policy
• Industry scenario at the national level
• Maharashtra: The preferred industrial investment destination
• Policy objective
• Policy targets
• Policy validity
• Strategies
• Thrust areas
• Infrastructure and communication: the growth engines
• Promotional and financial incentives
• Cluster approach for development
• Co-operative industrial estates
• Sick units: Revival and exit
• New industrial townships
• Special economic zones
• Marketing assistance
• International exhibition centres
• Resource mapping and showcasing state's potential
• HR initiatives
• Labour laws and procedures
• Single window clearance
• Promotion of foreign direct investment
• Restructuring of industries department
• Review and monitoring

This document provides the details of the policy statement on environmental protection and conservation of resources by the Government of West Bengal in the light of the environmental concerns emerging because of a large number of developmental projects starting in the state in the near future.

This document informs of the mechanisms through which development, conservation and management functions related to water as a natural resource are carried out in India.

The document provides the details of the institutions responsible for water management:

• At the central level
• At the state level

Article and Image Courtesy: Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an innovative methodology for mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation (OD).

Applications enclosing bio-data are invited from candidates to work as, Project Assistant Level-2, 1 Nos. (M.Sc. Chemistry, Env. Sci. 1st Div., Rs. 8000/- pm fixed) in the project, ‘Prevalence and Mitigation of Fluoride Toxicity in Sikar District of Rajasthan’. The project is sponsored by DST, New Delhi.  The position is purely temporary and is coterminous with the project.

This report by ICRISAT deals with a survey of thirty-two tanks and farm data from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states to assess the economic performance of irrigation tanks in semi arid tropics of India. It uses district-wise data on climatic and institutional variables to analyze the factors affecting tank-irrigation density. Results indicate that the spatial distribution of irrigation tanks is determined primarily by physical factors—hard rock substratum, post-monsoon rains, low moisture-holding capacity of soils and by population density.