CRZ maps showing HTL and LTL
Letter from Gujarat Forests and Environment Department to Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi and Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad regarding CRZ maps showing HTL and LTL dated 1 August, 2008.
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Cities evolving fiscal measures to curb vehicular pollution: a fact sheet
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. Though still very nascent, this is a unique and a very important step forward to use market based instrument to influence consumer behaviour and stimulate investments in pollution control efforts and clean technologies. Fiscal measures can help to cushion the cost of transformation, -- improve fuels and technologies and influence people to choose more sustainable travel options like public transport.
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Crop and contingency planning for rainfed regions of India: a compendium by AICRPDA
Rainfed Agriculture extends over 87.5 m.ha of net sown area in different agro-climatic zones of our country and contributes over 40 percent to our food basket. Rainfed agriculture in turn supports 40 percent
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REIA & EMP Report of expansion of Alumina Refinery from 1 MMTPA to 6 MMTPA Capacity of M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Lanjigarh, Kalahandi, Orissa
M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) a part of the US$ 6 billion Vedanta Resources Plc, a London listed 100 FTSE company. VAL has set up an Alumina Refinery of 1 MMTPA capacity at Lanjigarh, Dist. Kalahandi, Orissa and is proposing for its expansion to 6 MMTPA Alumina production capacity. <br />
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Negotiations on additional investment and financial flows to address climate
Capacity development for policy makers: addressing climate change in key sectors
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Adaptation: An issue brief for business
This publication is focused on providing an overview of adaptation from a business perspective. It describes potential impacts of climate changes, risks and opportunities for business, and why business should consider adaptation planning and measures.
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Energy Efficiency buildings: business realities and opportunities
This report summarizes work of the global project, which provides a platform for next phase. This document concentrates on presenting an assessment of the current situation. While it sketches some broad solutions, the focus of the next phase will be to add detail.
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Andhra Pradesh state policy on organic farming
This document details the Andhra Pradesh state organic farming policy aimed at promoting the use of organic manure and helping the farmers to get higher yield and price for the produce.
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Preparing for climate change: a guidebook for local, regional, and state governments
Within a handful of decades, climate in many parts of the United States is expected to be significantly warmer than even the warmest years of the 20th century, increasing the risk of drought, flooding, forest fires, disease, and other impacts across many regions. "Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments' is designed to help local, regional, and state governments prepare for climate change by recommending a detailed, easy-to-understand process for climate change preparedness based on familiar resources and tools.
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Ecorestoration of ponds, lakes and rivers using BIOSANITIZER ecotechnology
Nature knows better how to keep the water sources clean and nourishing. Our traditions, also could maintain their water sources for the past 10,000 years. Water quality problems and water scarcity- both are due to pollution of air, caused by increase in the use of fossil fuels. This produces rain with nitrates and acidity. This pollutes the surface water bodies and also the groundwater.
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Protecting ecosystems from climate change
A new report offers suggestions on how to minimize the impacts of climate change on ecosystems. Climate change is threatening forests, rivers, wetlands, and coral reefs as well as the valuable, life-sustaining services that these ecosystems provide. A report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Center for Environmental Assessment suggests tools, some of which are already in use, to minimize the impact of climate change by making the ecosystems more resilient to disturbances.
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Rapid EIA for additional new facility ferro alloys & captive power plant, vill-Garhumaria, Raigarh
The primary objective of an REIA study includes determination of the present environmental scenario, study of the specific activity related to the project and evaluation of probable environmental impact due to these specific activities, thus leading to the recommendations of necessary environmental control measures for a sustainable environment.
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The Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2008
The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 2989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise the powers conferred by section 110 the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby give
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Rapid EIA & EMP for the proposed cement plant, captive power plant and coke oven plant at Padhiarka, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat
<p>This is an EIA report that Nirma Limited (NL) proposes to set up a cement plant (cement plant 1.91 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), 1.5 MTPA clinker), coke oven (capacity 1.5 Lakh TPA) and a captive power plant (capacity 50 MW) at village Padhiarka, 15 km from Taluka headquarters Mahuva in district Bhavnagar of Gujarat.</p>
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An integrated framework for analysis of water supply strategies in a developing city: Chennai, India
This dissertation addresses the challenge of supplying water to rapidly growing cities in South Asia, using evidence from the water-scarce city of Chennai. Chennai (formerly Madras) is a rapidly growing metropolis of over 6.5 million people, whose infrastructure has not kept pace with its growing demand for water.
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Reducing hazardous pesticide practice in coffee supply chains
This study looks at the approaches of different private, voluntary standards in coffee supply chains on controlling the use of hazardous pesticides and moving to safer pest management. It draws some conclusions from the different schemes and highlights issues for private and public sector stakeholders.
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Status of water quality in India 2007
The water quality data on rivers, lakes, ponds, tanks and groundwater locations being monitored under the network is evaluated against the water quality criteria and the monitoring locations in exceedence with respect to one or more parameters are identified as polluted and require action for restoration of water quality.
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Bill to regulate and control the development of groundwater and the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto
Bill to regulate and control the development of groundwater and the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. This Act may be called the
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The structural transformation as a pathway out of poverty: analytics, empirics and politics
A powerful historical pathway of structural transformation is experienced by all successful developing countries, and this working paper presents the results of new empirical analysis of the process. Making sure the poor are connected to both the structural transformation and to the policy initiatives designed to ameliorate the distributional consequences of rapid transformation has turned out to be a major challenge for policy makers over the past half century. There are successes and
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Executive summary of EIA for cement plant, captive power plant & coke oven plant at Padhiarka, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat
<p>This is an executive summary of EIA & EMP that Nirma Limited (NL) proposes to set up a cement plant (cement plant 1.91 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), 1.5 MTPA clinker), coke oven (capacity 1.5 Lakh TPA) and a captive power plant (capacity 50 MW) at village Padhiarka, 15 km from Taluka headquarters Mahuva in district Bhavnagar of Gujarat.</p>