Birds keep this Briton hooked to Rajasthan
UDAIPUR: She feels at home in Rajasthan, especially in Dungarpur. This is her eighth trip in past 10 years to India and every time her excitement at seeing the Saras Cranes had known no bounds. Charlott
Dungarpur (D)
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Solar lamps to light up lives of tribal women
UDAIPUR: Solar lanterns are set to light up the lives several illiterate tribal women in Dungarpur district. Women members of self help groups (SHGs) in Aantri block of the district have been chosen under
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Mining, biotic pressure led to loss of tree cover in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: There has been a slow but steady deforestation in the state converting areas categorised as moderately dense forest (MDF) into open forest (OF). Moderately dense forest is defined as areas where
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Over 300 maabari centres to be opened in tribal areas in Rajasthan
In a bid to control drop out from schools in the tribal belt of the state, Rajasthan Government on Thursday said it would open 325 new government sponsored mother and child care centres on a pattern similar
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Banswara-Dungarpur to be developed as hybrid corn seed hub
The state government is coming up with an ambitious project of Hybrid Maize Seed Production in Banswara-Dungarpur, the twin districts of south Rajasthan. The areas so far known for the vulnerable condition
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Effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on Malnutrition of infants in Rajasthan, India: A mixed methods study
The objective of the study was to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition
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Effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on Malnutrition of infants in Rajasthan, India: A mixed methods study
The objective of the study was to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition
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‘Forest encroachments on the rise’
Jaipur:Around 29,692 hectares of forest land is under encroachment in Rajasthan, according to the latest figures of the ministry of environment and forests. While the country boasts of over 19.57 lakh hectares of encroached forest land as compared to 17,94,879 hectares in 2009. The data shows that the encroachments on forest land have increased over the past five years in the country. Rajasthan already has very few natural forests. The statistics for the last five years show that Bundi district in the state leads with 8878 hectares of encroached forest land. Followed by Chittorgarh 6354 hectares and Dungarpur 4426 hectares. Alwar had 454 hectares, Dausa 372 hectares, Hanumangarh 113 hectares and Ajmer had 45 hectares of forest land under encroachment.
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Assessment of increasing threat of forest fires in Rajasthan, India using multi-temporal remote sensing data (2005-2010)
Rajasthan is the largest state of India experiencing recurrent forest fires. The present study determines forest burnt areas through remote sensing-based time series analysis. IRS P6 AWiFS satellite data
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PDS functioning not satisfactory
JAIPUR: Preliminary findings of the Rozi Roti Abhiyan Rajasthan, which conducted a state-level survey to assess the PDS functioning, revealed that a majority of people are not satisfied with the quantity of supply.