The Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development in consultations with the National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) has issued revised guidelines on the inclusion of forest areas under the Integrated Wasteland Management Program (IWMP).content-team posted 13 years ago
Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian Economy. India is a huge exporter of various agricultural products such as rice, pulses, sugar, oil, etc.content-team posted 13 years ago
Union Minister of Corporate Affairs Shri Murli Deora released the “National Voluntary Guidelines on social, environmental and economic responsibilities of business” that will mainstream the subject of business responsibilities” in July 2011. At a function held in Ashoka Hotel, the minister expressed the hope that this guideline will strengthen and enable the Indian corporate sector to evolve into a global leader in responsible business.content-team posted 13 years ago
Shri Dhruv Vijai Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, recently addressed the Singapore International Water Week – India business forum 2011.content-team posted 13 years ago
The Government of India adopts the Remote Sensing Data Policy (RSDP) - 2011 containing modalities for managing and/or permitting the acquisition/dissemination of remote sensing data in support of developmental activities.content-team posted 13 years ago
There have been reports in particular English daily on the subject of environmental clearance being granted to M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) wishes to state that the reports do not paint a true and accurate portrayal of events.content-team posted 13 years ago
Multiple sourcing of water is now a necessity. This video describes Jakkur Lake which has been converted into a beautiful and bio-diverse wetland.content-team posted 13 years ago
Dandiganahalli, very close to Bangalore, has a problem of high TDS in its water, meaning the water is too salty and brackish. Worse still it has Fluoride in it. The video explores appropriate means of dealing with this issue.content-team posted 13 years ago
This video looks at how lack of maintenance are leading to the decline of infrastructure and programs that are essential for public healthcontent-team posted 13 years ago
Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) and the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) are charged with ensuring water and sanitation to all. This article discusses whether they have fulfilled their mandatecontent-team posted 13 years ago
“My son insisted on light at home and I experimented based on a picture of a water wheel in his text book”, Krishna Rao, a farmer in the famous Coorg coffee estate district, in the Western Ghats of Karnataka told me. He was speaking of a micro-hydro system he had built himself – a locally made turbine connected to a second-hand electricity generator, which he pulled out of his vehicle.content-team posted 13 years ago
The theme of this year's issue is "Need for disaster preparedness in agriculture". There will be a special focus on rural deprivation in India's countryside.content-team posted 13 years ago
Devinder Sharma, Journalist, Food Policy Analyst and an activist speaks to Pradeep Baisakh on the issue of farmers' suicide, role of Micro Finance Institutions, water conflict between industry and agriculture sector, with special focus on Odisha.content-team posted 13 years ago
Online survey by NEERI in cooperation with University of Liverpool on the functioning of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India and the UKcontent-team posted 13 years ago