Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
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 Wehchan, a 60-year-old photo journalist from United Kingdom, is fascinated with birds that have …
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 the first phase of a project which aims to make 60,000 solar lamps. The women would …
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 the tree density is 40% or more but less than 70%, while open forest are those land with …
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 to ‘Anganwadi’. The state Minister for Tribal Area Development Nandlal Meena said the …
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 covering March, April and May of six years (2005–2010) were used to cover all forest-fire events. The total forest burnt area …
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 of their tribal population will soon come to be recognized as the hybrid corn seed hub within a …
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 and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
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 and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
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 …
To ensure transparency in delivery of commodities to the poor in Rajasthan The Rajasthan Government has decided to conduct the much sought-after social audit for fair price shops functioning under the public distribution system (PDS) to ensure transparency and effectiveness in the delivery of essential commodities to poor people. The …
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. The survey shows that while the average demand of cereals in a family is 50 kg, only …
Flagship schemes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Total Sanitation Campaign are facing implementation bottlenecks in rural development minister C.P. Joshi
THE National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is barely three months old on the ground. This is precisely why the mass social audit of the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in Dungarpur district in southern Rajasthan in April held enormous implications for the way this ambitious piece of legislation could take …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Budget for 2011-12 will make a special provision for establishment of health sub-centres and primary health centres in the tribal-dominated regions of southern regions in the State, considered remote and geographically difficult to access. State Medical and Health Minister A. A. Khan said at Gainji village in …
Anindo Dey | TNNJaipur: Once noted for exemplary implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), skeletons are fast tumbling out of Rajasthan
Using a field survey, this paper examines the empowerment effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on rural women in Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. It argues that women workers have gained from the scheme primarily because of the paid employment opportunity, and benefits have been realised through …
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Soaring temperatures and a near total absence of surface water this summer have badly hit unusual customers in South Rajasthan -- the Indian flying foxes. Hundreds of them reportedly perished last week as the temperatures hovered around 45 degrees Celvsius in Banswara, Dungapur and Udaipur districts. This …
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, is a landmark legislation that recognizes and provides a framework for vesting forest use, protection and conservation rights, and occupation in forest land, to tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, residing in such forests for generations.
