From hariyali to neeranchal: report of the technical committee on watershed programmes in India
Parthasarathy Committee has attempted an exhaustive review of the experience of the watershed programme in India.
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Occupational and environmental health issues of solid waste management
This paper discusses both occupational health risks to workers and environmental health risks to residents and workers. Because worker exposure times are shorter than resident exposure times, some risks may be less for workers than for residents. On the other hand, contaminant levels to which workers are exposed can be significantly higher than those that reach residents, thus leading to increased risks for workers over residents.
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Quiet transfer of commons - Pastoralism, shrinking pastures and the new GR in Gujarat
<p>On 17 May 2005, the Government of Gujarat issued a resolution (GR) to bring wastelands under cultivation inviting big corporate houses and rich farmers – a beginning of corporate farming in a big way in the state. The GR has the provision of giving wastelands up to 2000 acres for a lease period of 20 years.
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People’s opinion on the impacts of “ban on grazing” in Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary, Sikkim, India
<p> The Barsey Sanctuary is a part of the larger Khangchendzonga ecosystem, which is the third highest in the world, and is a part of the Eastern Himalayan Conservation landscape including the Khangchendzonga
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City development plan under JNNURM scheme for Srinagar city
The CDP aims at developing Srinagar as major tourist city by addressing the issues of ecological preservation, economic growth, poverty, good governance, development of infrastructure, improve traffic
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Pedestrianisation need of the hour: a case study of Fazilka town
Many people believe that nonmotorized modes (walking, cycling, and their variations) have an inferior right to use public roads compared with motor vehicles. This reflects the belief that motor vehicles
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City development plan: Chandigarh
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has been launched by Govt. of India in the year 2005-2006 to carry out development of selected city. To access the funds under JNNURM, the selected city
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Meghalaya policy on disaster risk management
The main aim of this Policy is establishing principles and guidelines on various aspects of Disaster Management and making the people increasingly resilient to disaster. The focus is on reducing disaster
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Meghalaya state disaster management plan
The objectives of the Disaster Management Plan are to ensure that disaster management is organised to facilitate planning, preparedness, operational coordination and community participation.
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Environment audit report 2004-2005: Local Area Environment Committee
Local Area Environmental Committee was constituted by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in compliance of the direction issued by the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee. This environment audit report was prepared by the Local Area Environmental Committee, Eloor-Edayar, Kochi, dealing with 247 industries in the Eloor/Edayar industrial belt.
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Environment impact assessment on Eloor-Edayar 2005-2006
Local Area Environment committee under the term of reference was asked to
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The Disaster Management Act, 2005
The Disaster Management Act, 2005 has been enacted as the central Act to deal with the management of disasters. This act envisaged a three tier Disaster Management structure in India at National, States
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The expert committee on road map for coal sector reforms (Part-I)
Report would mainly address the issues of increasing the availability of coal in the short to medium term and bridge the gap between demand and supply. It was felt that the role of captive coal producers would be quite important and captive mining could take root and contribute significantly in the short to medium term.
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Guidelines for Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
As per 2001 population census 285.35 million people reside in urban areas. It constitutes 27.8% of the total population of the country. In post-independence era while population of India has grown three times, the urban population has grown five times. The rising urban population has also given rise to increase in the number of urban poor.
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Workshop on "Ecotourism in Himalaya: Prospects and Challenges" product development and marketing for ecotourism
Recent trends show that the proportion of what we call the
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The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill, 2005
A bill to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land.
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Development policies and rural poverty in Orissa: macro analysis and case studies
This study will explore development within the context of social justice and human rights
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Issue of No Objection Certification for construction of private air landing strip at Mundra, District Kutch, Gujarat by Gujarat Adani Port Ltd, Ahmedabad ( 30/11/2005)
Issue of No Objection Certification for construction of private air landing strip at Mundra, District Kutch, Gujarat by Gujarat Adani Port Ltd, Ahmedabad (30 November 2005).
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Supplementary report based on the order dated Aug 12, 2005 regarding the responses received on the EPCA report no.14 on lambda
In March 2005, EPCA submitted its report no. 14: Special report on the introduction of an upgraded pollution under control certificate system in response to the Hon
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Supplementary submission on parking policy and related issues
This report is in addition to EPCA report on parking: the imperative of restricting vehicle numbers in Delhi (July 2004). It takes into account the parking policy filed by the government of Delhi (affidavit on behalf of GNCT of Delhi). In addition, it reviews policies and measures for parking to assess the action plan and work to be done.