Chhattisgarh

Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited regarding construction of the rail link between Gevra Road and Pendra road, Chhattisgarh, 15/04/2025

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 …

Nutritional and medicinal values of some indigenous rice varieties

There are a large number of indigenous rice varieties in India, which are still grown by the tribal people and small farmers of the remote areas where the modern agricultural practices, sufficient foods as well as healthcare systems are a dream. Nature has provided them some alternative ways. They have …

Sponge iron industries are killing fields

Wayward growth Since 2002, India has been the largest producer of sponge iron, also called direct reduced iron (dri), in the world. Today about 20 per cent of the sponge iron produced worldwide is made in India. The growth of this industry is touted as one of the major success …

Misguided vision

Newly formed states such as Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are leaving no stones unturned to get the tag of "developed states'. And to get this tag, they are industrialising rapidly, putting at stake the basic livelihoods of people. The regulatory structure is, however, weak. Gautam Bandopadhyaya of the Nadi Ghati Morcha …

Agriculture affected

Agriculture, the mainstay of Chhattisgarh's economy, is getting a battering from two sides

Floods spell losses for states

india is facing the worst kind of floods in some of its most dammed states. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh top the list of states with the maximum number of dams. Chhattisgarh and Orissa have also been affected. Releases from dams are leading to floods, as is happening …

Chhattisgarh to allow felling on revenue land

chhattisgarh is framing a new law that will allow trees on revenue land to be felled. The law, called the Lok Vaniki Adhiniyam, will be introduced in the cabinet very soon. According to a survey by the Indian Forest Conservation Organisation, Chhattisgarh has 75 million trees on revenue land and …

State toughens up

FEARS of scientists at the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University, Raipur, about the possible transfer of germplasm of Jatropha Carcus (see

Coping with drought in rice farming in Asia: Insights from a cross-country comparative study

Drought is a major constraint affecting rice production especially in rainfed areas of Asia. Despite its importance in rice growing areas, the magnitude of economic losses arising from drought, its impact on farm households and farmers’ drought coping mechanisms are poorly understood. This paper provides insights into these aspects of …

Socio-economic and livelihood pattern of ethnic group Baiga in Achanakmar Sal Reserve Forest in Bilaspur Chhattisgarh

The paper presents studies on socio-economic and livelihood pattern of Baiga tribe found in sal forests of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh state. The study was conducted in Achanakmar which has predominance of sal forest with large number of under shrubs and shrubs.

Rain drops

in the first-ever major study on monsoon in an Indian state, researchers have found that annual rainfall in Orissa has been declining significantly over the last two decades. There has been a small but steady decrease in the number of rainy days as well. The rainfall has been less than …

The backlash

The Chhattisgarh government has suspended Salwa Judum, launched as a people's awareness campaign to oppose naxalites, in the wake of the killing of several of its activists in Dantewada district and the spurt in naxalite attacks on civilians. The movement had become controversial after the exodus of tribal people from …

The Shy Peace Hunter

DEEP in the jungles of Bastar, a few kilometres off the dirt track that runs between Bijapur and Gangalur, in the adivasi village of Irullipallan, it is almost noon. Marvinda and his family have just arrived from a refugee camp at Shevnaar, about 10 km away, to inspect the old, …

Matter of interpretation

The fate of a 15-hectare (ha) plot of land in Korba district in Chhattisgarh hangs in balance

Private water, public misery

Privatisation of water is taking root in India, often aided by political and bureaucratic corruption. Alongside, resistance to this is also building up. The Sheonath River Project is turning out to be Chhattisgarh's worst inheritance from undivided Madhya Pradesh. The project, India's first river privatisation experiment, was handed over to …

State of the land

Bhoomi, Karnataka: computerised 20 million records and fully implemented in all 177 talukas Tamil Nilam, Tamil Nadu: covers 206 talukas and provides additional services of birth/death certificate, old age pension particulars, etc. e-Dharni, Goa: computerised and digitalised and records Bhuyan, Chhattisgarh: fully implemented in 98 tehsils Apna Khata, Rajasthan: implemented …

Right troubles

the Chhattisgarh government has declined to make public the memorandum of understanding (mou) it had signed with Tata Steel and Essar Steel to set up steel plants in the predominantly tribal district of Bastar. A Raipur-based businessman had sought details of the mou under the Right to Information (rti) Act, …

Biopiracy

alok prakash putul Raipur three months after the theft of germplasm of Jatropha carcus from the Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (igau) in Raipur, the guilty have still not been traced. It is alleged that the British company d 1 Oil India Pvt Ltd and its employee Sunil Puri, are involved …

In Chhattisgarh, a river becomes private property

The Chhattisgarh government handed over a stretch of the Sheonath river to a private company to manage water distribution without setting up independent regulatory authorities that could establish guidelines under which a private firm could manage a common resource. A long lease without a regulatory mechanism can lead to unforeseen …

Crushed by sugar

sugarcane farmers in Bilaspur, Durg, Rajnandgaon and Kabirdham districts of Chhattisgarh are angry at the state government for forcing them to sell their produce at throwaway prices to the state's only sugar mill. The mill, located in Kawardha, needs at least three lakh tonnes of cane every year. Since the …

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