Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
This report presents a case study of a UNDP GEF Small Grant Project entitled "Mitigation of the effects of the carbon dioxide and other GHG by controlling slash and burn practices," which was conducted in Nepal and which received the gold prize in the 2008 Ryutaro Hashimoto Asia-Pacific Forum for …
The remote Jibhi village at Banjjar Valley in Kullu and the Rakchham village in picturesque Sangla Tribal valley in Kinnaur would soon have supply of electricity for domestic use from power generated through water mills. A pilot project for upgradation of Gharats (Water mills) has been launched in two villages …
HYDERABAD: The 13th Finance Commission has warned that subsidies provided by Andhra Pradesh government towards rice, free power and other schemes could jeopardise the impressive fiscal achievements of the State in the recent past. The Commission expressed concern that the fiscal burden on account of subsidised rice in 2008-09 was …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister of State for Energy Atanu Sabyasachi today assured that the rural electrification programme will be completed by the end of the current plan period. District collectors have been instructed to cancel licences of those contractors who failed to execute the infrastructure projects on time and if necessary, the …
Controversial regulatory reforms in the environment sector found their way into the Economic Survey too. The report recommended that housing and real estate sector be taken out of the purview of the central environmental clearances regime. It also recommended the creation of an autonomous environmental regulatory authority, which environment and …
BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, celebrating its golden jubilee this year, has planned to scale up its activities in the corporate social responsibility sector in the State. The petroleum major will adopt villages for street lighting and rainwater harvesting and donate furniture and books to select government schools. Besides …
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has launched a new scheme to encourage energy conservation in villages of the state. Under the scheme, the deserving panchayats would be awarded cash prizes ranging between Rs 20,000 and Rs 4 lakh for popularising the applications of various non-conventional and renewable sources of energy in …
AGARTALA, June 25: Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey has demanded speeding up of rural electrification and restructuring Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP) to revitalise the ailing power distribution system in the State. Addressing power ministers meeting in New Delhi yesterday, Dey asserted that the State
In the open-air kitchens of the tiny hamlet of Bense at Nagothane, a new gadget is changing the way women cook. Cooking with it is far easier on the eyes because it involves the smoke-free solar cooker. To prepare a standard meal, rice, vegetables and dal are placed in a …
Maulshree Seth Posted: Friday , Jun 05, 2009 at 0214 hrs IST Lucknow: As part of its first 100-day agenda, the Manmohan Singh Government has decided to make LPG available in rural areas across the country. To facilitate this, a scheme to appoint one LPG distributor for every 1,000 households …
With the completion of an ambitious project of segregating domestic and agriculture load, all villages in Haryana will get three-phase power supply for the entire duration during which power is supplied. The idea behind the move is to ensure that there is no shortage of power for drinking water and …
Mangalore, May 20 The Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB), which has financed over 12,000 solar light units under its area of operation, is now planning to make 80 villages solar villages. Mr K.P. Muraleedharan, Chairman of the bank, told Business Line on Wednesday that the bank wants to make …
Residents of Chushul village, about 150 km from here, have decided to boycott the coming parliamentary election. Namgail Phunchok, village Nambardar said:
Telgaria (Bokaro): They are fed up of campaign promises. They want results. And now to ensure that one such promise made 15 years ago, that of electricity reaching their homes, is kept, this cluster of villages near Bokaro has decided to boycott elections. The
