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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …

AP, Centre to sign MoUs for 2,500 Mw solar projects

Cabinet clears the land and other requirements proposed for the projects The Andhra Pradesh government will be signing MoUs with the power ministry for setting up three solar projects with a total capacity of 2,500 Mw as well as a 4,000-Mw super critical thermal power project proposed by NTPC in …

Andhra Pradesh government to soon sign deal with NTPC for 1000-mw solar unit

In a bid to make Andhra Pradesh power surplus, the state government is shortly entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NTPC for setting up a mega solar power unit with a capacity of 1,000 MW at Ananthapur. Briefing reporters here, Andhra Pradesh Information & Public Relations Minister …

Andhra Pradesh solar parks to add 1,300MW to power grid

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government will set up two solar parks of 1,000 MW and 300 MW in Anantapur and Guntur districts respectively. The AP Energy department and Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited [Nedcap] have been given 500 acre land in P. Kothapalli of Anantapur district, while the …

Efficient energy plan gets Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s nod

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has given his nod to the energy department to go for energy-efficiency pump sets for agricultural sector by authorising the Energy Conservation Mission to take up pilot projects in domestic and agricultural sector. All inefficient pump sets will be replaced with efficient …

Seemandhra to get 50k crore development fund

Union minister Jairam Ramesh said the Seemandhra region would get funding to the tune of Rs 50,000 crore for overall development of the region as compensation for it losing revenue from Hyderabad. The money would be granted under the Special Status being given to the state and will be spread …

Holy cows or cash cows?

In a recent paper, Anagol, Etang and Karlan (2013) consider the income generated by these owning a cow or a buffalo in two districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The net profit generated ignoring labour costs, gives rise to a small positive rate of return. Once any reasonable estimate of labour …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ecological and environmental loss as a result of the establishment of the wind mills of Nallakonda wind farm …

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kallpavalli Vriksha Pempakamdarula & Ors.Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 11/12/2013 regarding ecological and environmental loss as a result of the establishment of the wind mills of Nallakonda wind farm in Andhra Pradesh. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/92-2013(OA)_11Dec2013.pdf

Govt. scraps mining lease to Penna Cements

The State Government on Wednesday issued orders withdrawing the mining lease granted to Penna Cement Industries in Tadipatri mandal of Anantapur district. The order from the Industries Department said the company held six mining leases in Anantapur, Kurnool and Nalgonda districts as on March 19, 2008. As the company held …

Understanding farmers’ knowledge, atttitude and adaptation measures towards climate change in Anantapur District of A.P.

Understanding farmers’ knowledge, atttitude and adaptation measures towards climate change in Anantapur District of A.P. - A presentation by Dr. K. Ravi Shankar at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.

‘Project Ananta’ gets green signal

Morale-booster to drought-hit farmers in Anantapur district. Anantapur district is all set for the launch of a new pilot project aimed at development of the drought-prone districts with the Planning Commission giving its ‘in principle’ approval to the “Project Ananta” on Thursday. “The Planning Commission appreciated the effort being put …

Solar units at state offices, SW hostels

Anantapur: The district authorities have proposed to install solar panels at all mandal offices and social welfare hostels to overcome the severe shortage of electricity. Non-conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (Nedcap) officials had prepared proposals to install solar units at all mandal parishad development offices as per …

Water table falls in Anantapur district

Anantapur: The groundwater table has plummeted alarmingly in Anantapur district due to scanty rainfall and excess extraction of water. The government has banned the drilling of new borewells in 271 villages keeping in view the poor groundwater levels. The groundwater department has found that 50 per cent of existing borewells …

Kits for water quality

With the increased contamination of drinking water affecting the health of rural people, the government has initiated steps to test the quality of water at all the villages. Though the task was gigantic to check quality of water with limited number of employees from various departments concerned, the government is …

A fight over river waters

Andhra Pradesh objects to Karnataka constructing the Paragodu barrage on a tributary of the Krishna river, but Karnataka denies violating any inter-State water-sharing agreement. Controversy over the sharing of river waters has erupted yet again, this time between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh over a clutch of irrigation and drinking water …

Groundwater levels nosedive in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: Monsoon-dependent groundwater levels in the state have fallen by more than 11 metres in 2012. In 1988, the fall was a mere five metres and in 1998, it fell by seven metres. Interestingly all this happened despite normal average rainfall in the past two decades. Sharing the aforementioned with …

UCIL in expansion mode, identifies Andhra Pradesh spot for mining project

amshedpur: Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL), the sole domestic nuclear fuel provider to the country’s indigenously built nuclear reactors, is poised to start a giant uranium mining-cum-processing project in Kanampalle. The company is already on the verge of completing its 3,000-tpd mine-cum-processing plant at Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh. To be …

Solar power plants' output high, but varying widely

With no rain or dust, November was one of the better months for solar power plants in the country The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) recently released data of power generation from solar plants constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) for November. And the results …

Andhra cancels land allotted to Lepakshi project

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to cancel the 8,848 acres of land allotted to the Lepakshi Knowledge Hub (LKH), which had proposed to set up a multi-sector industrial park project in Anantapur district bordering Karnataka. “Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has directed the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) …

Court suspends mining on inter-state border

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered iron ore mining in six leases in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district to be stopped due to a pending inter-state border survey. The court’s forest bench, which is hearing cases on illegal mining, said mining operations and transportation of ore from the six leases should …

Comparison of essential drug list in a rural secondary care hospital in South India with Indian & World Health Organization list 2011

Fixed drug combinations are a major marketing strategy in India but it can compromise the rational use of medicines. In this study we compared the fixed drug combinations and dosage forms in the hospital pharmacy before and after introducing the essential drug list. We also compared the Hospital Essential Drug …

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