There is need for setting a nationwide policy to adopt SRI on at least 25 per cent of the irrigated rice area in the next five years, the report says.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
A wetland inventory can provide information to support national programmes and reporting requirements for other international treaties, the report says.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
Regions with an unreliable and vulnerable nature of river discharge, and having the largest drought deficits and durations are highlighted in this report.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
This study by Bhoomika Partap and Tej Partap deals with climate change impact on hill agriculture and farmers adaptive strategies.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
This report by the Water Resources Department (Government of Tamil Nadu) attempts to estimate the presence of heavy metal arsenic in groundwater in the state of Tamil Nadu.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
Sanitation programs must use a menu of different approaches, such as financing at the household level and a range of affordable sanitation options for potential consumers, the report says.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
The Orissa floods of 2011 point to the loopholes in river basin planning and management and calls for urgent attention of planners and policy makers.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
It is expected that the development and proper use of such a manual by concerned laboratories will bring homogeneity for ensuring quality assurance especially in water and wastewater analysis.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 8 months ago
The new MMDR Bill, 2011, aims to introduce better legislative environment for attracting investment and technology into the mining sector.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 9 months ago
The Ministry of Environment & Forests has recently revised the guidelines for the centrally sponsored scheme of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs).Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 9 months ago
MoEF comes up with a new order prescribing the procedure to be followed for consideration of projects for environmental clearance, which involve forestland.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 9 months ago
The evaluation facilitates reprioritization/ reengineering of CPCB scheme with a view to increasing its efficiency, transparency and accountability.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 9 months ago
This film by Suma Josson titled “Urban Leaves: Community farm in Mumbai” based on the work of Urban Leaves, an urban organic agriculture movement out of Mumbai.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 9 months ago
The entire modified and updated series of state geology and mineral maps by Geological Survey of India (GSI) is available here.Amita Bhaduri posted 12 years 9 months ago