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IAS officer suspended for targeting illegal sand mining
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:01 PMIAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining
Making leaders out of farmers
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 10:37 PMThe 1972 drought in Maharashtra affected several villages and talukas. Farmers in Purandhar taluka in Pune district decided to get together and discuss how to improve their situation so that they would not be as severely affected by poor rainfall in the future. Thus was born Pani Panchayat.
Post-monsoon celebrations
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 04:38 PMJune signals the start of the monsoons in many parts of India. Pune and its surrounding areas in Maharashtra have witnessed heavy showers since the first week of June. The rains let up for a weeks time during which I visited a few places on the outskirts of Pune city.
Tech for Seva'- Call for abstracts for the socio-technical conference on inclusive and sustainable development, Seva Shayog, Pune
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 07:05 PMOrganisers
Seva Sahayog, Vijnana Bharati,GIST & Maharishi Karve Stree Sikshan Sanstha
Call for the positions of Fellow and Research Associate, Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune
Posted on 13 Jun, 2013 02:38 PMOffered by
Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune, on behalf of Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts, India
About the opening
Drought-free in Maharashtra – six small villages, one big lesson
Posted on 10 Jun, 2013 02:09 PMMaharashtra is reeling under a drought – one of the worst in the last 40 years. The state declared drought in 125 out of 358 talukas during kharif 2012-13, and then declared water scarcity in 3,905 villages in rabi 2012-13.
The case of the disappearing farmers
Posted on 14 May, 2013 08:59 AMOnly 8% of India are farmers - is the census accurate?
Rare floral diversity in the Western Ghats forests
Posted on 03 May, 2013 02:29 PMA fluttering butterfly or a dashing cheetah immediately bring vivid images to mind. Does the image of a plant stir us as much? Are we as fascinated watching a flower bloom? Probably not. Maybe that’s why there is such a large focus on endangered animals and birds and not so much on plant species that are dying out.
Is your building 'green' enough? - A rating system to measure efficiency of existing green buildings
Posted on 29 Apr, 2013 05:03 PMIs your building green enough?
