Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
With a view to assess the environmental impacts due to the proposed coal based power plant of 4X300 MW at Raigarh district, SKS Power Generation (Chhasttisgarh) Limited availed the services of M/s. Vimta Labs Ltd, Hyderabad to prepare EIA report for various environmental components including air, noise, water, land and …
Entomophagy (i.e. use of insects as food) is practiced in many parts of the world including India but the use of insects, as medicine is done in very few parts of the world and we are fortunate that North-East people of India are rich in this traditional medicinal knowledge. Tribes …
The socio-religious practices prevalent among Gond, Murias, Halba and Maria tribes of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh state are helpful in conservation of plants. This practice of nature conservation is a very ancient tradition and indigenous culture in Bastar as well as in other parts of the country. Tribals in Chhattisgarh …
The objectives of this study were: ?to examine the various issues associated with irrigation potential creation, irrigation potential utilization, gross irrigation and net irrigation including the definition, the reporting practices and consistencies in the data; ?to suggest procedures for collection of related data to be applied uniformly throughout the country; …
Sreelatha Menon: As Assembly elections began in Naxal-hit areas in Chhattisgarh, a report of the Central Employment Guarantee Council in the Union rural development ministry has accused the state government of not making any attempt to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the Naxal-infested areas as well …
It has all the potential to nestle cheek by jowl with international brands such as Dom Perignon, Mexico's tequila and the famed Johnnie Walker Scotch. And realising its huge revenue potential, the government of Goa is pulling all strings to ensure that the cashew industry, both kernel and feni, is …
BY NITIN MAHAJAN, RAIPUR Brushing aside controversies regarding the Salwa judum movement, an anti-Naxalite militia movement started in June 2005, Chhhattisgarh chief minister Dr Raman Singh stated that as the movement was a spontaneous movement launched by tribals against the terror of the Naxalites it can
Aarti Dhar GEEDAM (BASTAR): Rama Ichcham still remembers the day when his elder brother was hacked to death by naxalite sympathisers in his village in Satva in Dantewada district. The victim had refused to accept the diktat of the naxalites and had been receiving threats for some time. But one …
Himachal Pradesh has sought share in energy to be generated from ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) being established in different states of the country and urged the Centre to allocate at least 400 MW of thermal power from these projects. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has written a letter to …
This report is the outcome of a study undertaken to understand the principles of what has worked and what has not worked in Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) which is the national programme on reforms in rural sanitation launched by the Government of India in 1999. The focus of this study …
Studies done by scholars like Narayanan (2008), Vijayanand (2008) and Sharif (2008) show that in spite of many limitations the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has become a women's programme. Narayanan and Vijayanand have restricted their study to one state each only, but Sharif has studied seven states. Their …
anti-naxal drive NHRC justifies Salwa Judum Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh is a spontaneous revolt of the tribals against years of atrocities and harassment suffered by them at the hands of the Naxalites, said the National Human Rights Commission (nhrc) in its final report submitted to the Supreme Court. Contrary to …
The road to next climate negotiation turns hostile as some developing nations are upgraded RANIDHERA, a remote village in Chhattisgarh made a desperate attempt to join the elite club of Indian villages which gets a few hours of electricity, through the biodiesel route. The effort is limping as the local …
This is a Rapid EIA for the proposed mini integrated steel plant of M/s NR Ispat & Power Pvt Ltd in village Gourmudi, near Tamnar, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. This report helps in identification of environmental impacts and suggesting mitigation measures to be identification of environmental impacts and suggesting mitigation measures …
nuclear energy Private players? Private players may soon be allowed entry into nuclear energy production. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said as much minutes before he went in to deliberate on the draft Integrated Energy Policy with the plan panel. The law will, however, have to be amended …
Sreelatha Menon India is yet to devise a government mechanism to compensate those who live atop mineral-rich areas in Orissa, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand. If you have gold under your feet, consider yourself accursed. For there is something called the resource curse which many in this country
