This Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources (2021-22) deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Twelfth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Flood Management in the Country including International Water Treaties in the field of Water Resource Management with particular Reference to …
A supreme court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked concerns in neighbouring countries. Bangladesh says it would be hardest hit because it is a downstream country to two major rivers that flow from India. New Delhi …
The Regional Climate Risk Reduction Project (2009-2010), a pilot initiative from UNDP and the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office, spanned across four countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region: India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan. In a limited time span of 15 months, the project worked towards generating awareness on climatic …
Bhutan recognizes the provision of safety, health and welfare in the workplace as a prerequisite for economic and spiritual development, poverty reduction and the road to Gross National Happiness. The National Occupational Health and Safety Policy aspires to be congruent with the philosophy of Gross National Happiness and reflects various …
The Waste Prevention and Management Regulation, 2012, which came into effect on 18 April 2012 in Bhutan is a comprehensive regulation for the waste minimization and management. It establishes various agencies and monitoring authorities for the effective implementation of this regulation, and is applied to all point sources and/or point …
The world has achieved its first Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty in half ahead of the 2015 deadline, a study by the World Bank shows. The bank defines extreme poverty as living on under $1.25 per day, adjusted for purchasing power parity. According to the report, released this …
Demystifying the popular myth that Nepal is the poorest country in South Asia, a recent World Bank report revealed that it is third poorest country in the region. “From being the poorest country in 1990, Nepal has improved its position to be the third poorest ahead of Bangladesh and India …
GUWAHATI: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that his Ministry has sanctioned 162 projects for an amount of about Rs 1800 crore to Aunachal Pradesh since its inception. Addressing the …
In a boost to India’s strategic initiative for putting in place a SAARC electricity grid, Bangladesh has come up with a plan to jointly develop power projects in north-east India, with the aim of wheeling back power to meet its own demand. Dhaka is also keen to import electricity from …
As countries prepare for the ‘Rio+20’ United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, UNDP is pleased to share this report. It sets out national examples of progress toward sustainable development, from developing countries like Nepal and Niger, as well as emerging economies like South Africa and Croatia. These examples show how …
The Indian Supreme Court yesterday ordered the government to implement an ambitious project to link the major rivers of the region in a “time-bound manner”. The court also appointed a high-powered committee to plan and put into action the Rs 5,00,000 crore scheme. The river-linking project was first devised in …
Water is a strategic resource. So strategic, in fact, that it can trigger wars. In Water: Asia’s New Battleground, strategic analyst Brahma Chellaney looks at the defence and strategic affairs value of water and places it centre-stage in the economic development and security of Asia. The book blitz-builds the case …
The eastern Himalayan landscape extending from Nepal to Bhutan have been hit hard by the effects of climate change, says a report of WWF. "Of all the threats to the region’s nature and culture, perhaps the most pervasive and difficult to tackle is that of climate change," said the report …
Bangladesh, Nepal and India are discussing collaboration in river water sharing, an emotive issue in all three countries, highly placed sources said. “There could be a tri-nation meeting very soon. We are working on it.” The broader idea is to rope in Bhutan as well, where public opinion has not …
Nepal is looking to scale up its flagship household biogas programme, which has made forays into other developing countries in Asia and Africa. Initiated in 1992 with support from the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Nepal has installed over 240,000 household biogas plants with a thermal energy capacity of 444 megawatts …
“India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan have a combined hydropower potential of 200 Giga Watt (GW), of which more than three-quarters is yet to be harnessed,” according to Indian commerce minister Anand Sharma. Addressing the sixth South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) ministerial council in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday he said …
Jorhat: The International Fund for Animal Welfare -– Wildlife Trust of India (IFWA-WTI) today signed an MoU with the Bhutan government to carry out conservation of wildlife in the Himalayan kingdom. The development is seen as a big boost to conservation of wildlife at Manas National Park in Assam as …
The Cabinet yesterday added six birds to the list of protected wild animals in Bhutan under the Forest and Nature Conservation Act. This, forestry officials said, was the first change since the Act’s introduction in 1995, taking the total number of protected wild animals to 30 different species. The bird …
The study, worth Nu 2M, World Wildlife Fund officials said would focus on the snow leopard population and their places of existence to help prioritise the best areas for conservation. WWF conservation director Vijay Moktan said there were no studies done at the park nor were there any local expert …
RANGIA: Raising concern over indisputable situation prevailing across Indo-Bhutan border Sandrupjonkhar area, owe to mining induced pollution phenomena - SD East Bhutan Coal Company (SDEBCC) clarifying its stand says the institution has been operating under strict guidelines as well as supervision of National Environment Commission on a mere conscious manner. …
Bangladesh and other South Asian countries will jointly implement a project for endangered wildlife conservation by preventing illegal trade of wild animals and ensuring better management. The five-year “Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection in Asia Project” was launched at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka yesterday. Bangladesh is the first to …
