Bihar

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …

Redefining the poor

UPA's move may come three years late What does a government which swears by the aam aadmi or the garib do when it finds itself under criticism for not doing enough to improve their lot by lifting them above the bpl (below poverty line) status? It simply hedges the issue …

Shot, not drop

Going, going, almost gone. But never quite. It's a pattern that's repeating itself with an ugly regularity. Just as Mumbai begins to hope that it is finally getting rid of the spectre of polio, a case pops up in some slum. And it is back to square one, with renewed …

Crowd and effect

For a species classified as critically endangered, Gavialis gangeticus, or the gharial, has had it good over the years at Patna zoo. From just 11 in 2002, there are now over 130 gharials in the zoo, officially called the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park. And the number is only set to …

H2O Let Free Its Flow

Wet Runs: There are 32 ongoing water projects with private sector participation, as also 22 hydro power projects with private participation. Some 20 states are undertaking water sector reforms. Farm Woe: Net irrigated area in India is 55 mn ha against a net crop area of 142 mn ha. Fast …

AIDS wipes out entire family in Bihar

A multi-billion dollar global campaign against AIDS has suffered a serious setback in Bihar where this deadly disease wiped out an entire family. The incident, which has sent shock waves across the region, is a sad commentary on the much-trumpeted awareness campaign against AIDS in the state in which hundreds …

Not by government alone

The model for kala azar eradication is a cross-sectoral public-private partnership, writes Kavita Khanna in the second of a two-part series Globally, kala azar is the second largest parasitic killer after malaria. In India, Bihar is the epicentre of kala azar, home to, as per the state Kala Azar Task …

Not by government alone

The model for kala azar eradication is a cross-sectoral public-private partnership, writes Kavita Khanna in the second of a two-part series Globally, kala azar is the second largest parasitic killer after malaria. In India, Bihar is the epicentre of kala azar, home to, as per the state Kala Azar Task …

Bihars agriculture development: opportunities & challenges

Bihar agriculture has the potential to grow rapidly so as to meet the existing shortages and assume primacy in the national agricultural economy. The State has immense agricultural resources, to facilitate a Second Green Revolution in the Country. Bihar must aim at an annual agricultural rate of 5-6%. However, despite …

State, society and market in the aftermath of natural disasters in colonial India

How did South Asian societies rebuild their economies following natural disasters? Based on five episodes from colonial India, this article suggests that between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century, the response to disasters changed from laissez-faire to more state intervention. Despite this change, post-disaster rebuilding was complicated by unspecified rights …

Study for estimation of seed, feed and wastage ratios for major foodgrains in Bihar

India is a country with vast population having crossed over 110 crores mark and growing at alarming rate. It is yet another fact of concern that there has not been a proportionate increase in the production level of foodgrains in the country. It is worth mentioning that out of the …

The colonial state, zamindars and the politics of flood control in north Bihar (1850-1945)

The colonial dispensation in north Bihar believed that the rivers of the flood plains needed to be controlled. The zamindar became the pivot around which the implementation of these flood control efforts revolved. Along with the railways and roads, the uncontrolled manner in which many zamindary embankments were built led …

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Talk about his company's fortunes is likely to elicit a beaming smile from Mahesh Gupta. Kent RO systems' managing director says that his company's profits grew 40 times between 2002-2003 and 2007-2008: from Rs 2.5 crore to Rs 100 crore. Other water purifier manufacturers also say that business is good. …

Nitish cuts PDS quota of foodgrain for poor

The Nitish Kumar Government on Friday revised the Public Distribution System (PDS) and slashed the quota of foodgrain for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families from 35 to 25 kg and that of kerosene from four to three litre. Announcing the revision in the Assembly, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the …

42,000 rural women made literate in 30 days

As many as 42,000 women from rural areas in Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have learned to read and write. According to the World Bank Development Policy Review 2003, over one third of Indians above sseven years of age are illiterate. This rounds up to over …

Ecological effects of sands-play in recent flood of Bihar

The prominent rivers of Bihar all originating from Nepal and entering into Bihar, are adversely affected sands-play resulting from flood. In Nepal these rivers have very steep slope and acquire scouring velocity. Thus the water flowing down carries a lot of silt and sand. Theses silts are deposited in the …

Exploring the determinants of childhood immunisation

This study attempts to analyse the effects of some selected demographic and socio-economic predictor variables on the likelihood of immunisation of a child for six vaccine-preventable diseases covered under the Universal Immunisation Programme. It focuses on immunisation coverage (a) at the all India level, (b) in rural and urban areas, …

Black fever in Bihar: Experiences and responses

This is an investigation into how serious the kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) situation was in colonial Bihar, what the government's policy was to control it and how the people responded to it. Until 1903, medical men had little idea about the true nature of this disease, which spread rapidly in the …

Still in troubled waters

At the time of destructive floods, the distress of affected people attracts attention but, unfortunately, as soon as the flood waters recede they are forgotten. A recent visit to several flood-affected villages of Bihar made it very clear that the flood-affected people are still suffering. March 2008

Taxing prices

It is high time Parliament took serious note of the sordid story of the unwarranted hike in the prices of petroleum products. AFTER months of vacillation, the Union government has raised the price of petrol and diesel by Rs.2 and Re.1 a litre respectively. The leftist parties and the National …

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