Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
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 …
Rehab centres for burnt-out tuskers Neha Sinha Posted: Oct 27, 2008 at 2334 hrs IST NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26 : In a first-of-its-kind move, Project Elephant has released funds for setting up rescue and rehabilitation centres across the country to accommodate ill or ageing working elephants. There are an estimated …
Haryana has the potential to save 25 to 30 per cent of the energy used in the agriculture sector by making the existing tubewell system energy efficient. This was said on Sunday by Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam MD Vijayendra Kumar, who added that 170 lakh units of electricity can …
The state Government will soon declare new sugarcane price for the farmers, which would be the highest in the country, said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The CM said that sugarcane growers in the state were presently getting Rs 138 per quintal for sugarcane. Efforts were also being made …
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana government on a bunch of petitions seeking renewal of mining licenses in the Aravalli Hills region. A Forest Bench, headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, asked the state government and the Central Empowered Committee, which has to clear projects in the …
The Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme 2008 has hit agricultural credit in Haryana, which has declined substantially in the first quarter of this year. Debt waiver and relief to about seven lakh Haryana farmers to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore has led to credit growth not meeting targets …
CHANDIGARH: Baliyana village in Rohtak district has become the first village in Haryana where cheques of annual royalty for acquired land were distributed on Thursday to farmers under the rehabilitation policy of the State Government. Presenting the cheques, Rohtak
In order to enhance milk production, the state is aiming to set up hi-tech diaries. The Centre has increased the financial allocation to the state for the purpose. The provision for the self-finance schemes has also been revised with the Government proposing Rs 600 lakh for its implementation. Milk production …
January 2002: Wildlife Department of Haryana proposes denotifying SWS February 2007: Work on Hansi-Butana canal inside SWS starts sans clearances May 2007: DFO raises objection and lodges complaints, but overlooked August 2007: The matter reaches CEC September 2007: National Wildlife Board denotifies SWS October 2007: MoEF gives clearance for diverting …
Haryana farmers give up water-guzzling paddy haryana has managed to dissuade its farmers from sowing summer paddy saathi this year to prevent water shortage.
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government is going to spend Rs.98.81crore on repair and reconstruction of roads in Gurgaon. Out of this, Rs.78.84 crore will be spent by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and Rs.19 crore by the Municipal Corporation, Haryana Chief Secretary Dharamvir announced on Monday. Reviewing various development works …
A study was undertaken in three villages of Bhiwani District in Haryana to assess the value of habitat function of planted forests. These villages were located at varying distance from a Blackbuck (Gazella gazella) Breeding Farm, which is a planted forest. Contingent valuation method was by asking people to reveal …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has earmarked Rs.200 crore for construction of cemented streets in all the villages of the State during 2008-09. An official spokesman said here on Tuesday that the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government was committed to raise the living standard of the villagers by providing them all modern …
Studies indicate an urgent need to map areas that have selenium-rich soil because the element has been linked to aridity there. A study published in the September issue of Journal of Environmental Management revealed that food grains from some arid regions in Northern India had high selenium. For the study, …
Despite several measures undertaken by the state Government in the past to check illegal mining in Aravalis, the menace has continued to haunt the state. Taking a serious view of the on going illegal mining, the state government has now directed the regional officers of the Haryana Pollution Control Board …
The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with six Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to generate 12 MW of power from solar energy with an investment of about Rs 240 crore. The MoUs have been signed with RS India Wind Energy, New Delhi, and Astonfield …
