Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The tribals of Jiwati tehsil in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, are gradually learning how to fight the encroachers. The area, one of the most backward in the country, had seen large-scale land grabbing by non-tribals after the 1965 drought. The non-tribals (mostly from the Banjara community) from Nanded, Latur and Parbhani …
A patch of land near the Nadappa village comprised 50 tribal families at one point. Now, there are 13 worried families who have put up their huts and are living there amidst several non-tribal hamlets close by. There is constant fear among them. They say it is not easy for …
The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) protested against the Union ministry of environment and forests' draft coastal management notification on August 9. Hundreds of local fisherfolk, especially women, assembled in front of the government administrative building at Bandra in Mumbai shouting slogans against the government's move to handover "oceans to industry'. …
The study examines the performance and returns to Bt cotton vs Non-Bt cotton in the state of Maharashtra. The study has been undertaken at the request of Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
The global burden of mental illness is high and opportunities for promoting mental health are neglected in most parts of the world. Many people affected by mental illness live in developing countries, where treatment and care options are limited. In this context, primary health care (PHC) programs can indirectly promote …
in a bid to stop pilferage in the Targeted Public Distribution System (tpds), the Union government plans to introduce food coupons for people below poverty line (bpl). Under the scheme initiated by the Union ministry of food and civil supplies, the coupons worth a fixed amount of cash, instead of …
there's been a last ditch attempt to protect local management of ecologically sensitive areas from the government's axe. Environment groups in Maharashtra have approached the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) asking it to not to disband local authorities and monitoring committees that are at present legally entrusted with …
Almost 75 per cent sewage treatment plants in Maharashtra run without valid consents, reveals Maharashtra's State of Environment Report, 2007. The report, a public document released by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (mpcb), outlines present conditions and some future projections on environment. Prepared by the Mumbai-based Indira Gandhi Institute of Development …
contaminated milk continues to be sold in Maharashtra despite crack-down measures taken by authorities. The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (fda), had, in a study, found that 20 per cent of the milk is adulterated. Though the study prompted immediate action and licences of 21 dairies to be suspended, yet, …
chikungunya has re-emerged in Maharashtra, like it had in 2006. This time round, Kolhapur is the worst-affected district with 22 cases reported in April and May, followed by Sangli with four cases, says P P Doke, deputy director of health services, Maharashtra government. There are a total of 30 confirmed …
The milk producers agitation in Maharashtra remains unresolved. The state-wide milk bandh in the last week of June, demanding a price hike for buffalo milk, has brought to the fore a politically vexed milk cooperative system and an apathetic administration. Apart from western Maharashtra's Kolhapur and Sangli districts -- stronghold …
The Comptroller and Auditor General's (cag's) audit report for Maharashtra tabled on April 18, 2007 scrutinised the post-flood disaster relief expenditure in the year 2005 and 2006. It indicated that preparedness for floods was inadequate, relief assistance was extended without proper identification of affected persons, financial management was deficient, and …
An ambitious breeding-in-captivity project aims to save the endangered vulture by preventing it from feeding on carcasses rich in the killer diclofenac drug. It may be a classical case of too little too late. Deep inside Bir Shikargah, in a wildlife sanctuary spread over two sq km near Pinjore off …
there is tension brewing in three villages in Maharashtra's Melghat Sanctuary over rehabilitation measures. The sanctuary, within the Melghat Tiger Reserve, is being freed of people to protect forests and to check declining tiger population. There is a debate over the rehabilitation package with ngos claiming it does not follow …
Sushanth Darekar, 24, lives in the village of Lonikalbhor, 20 km off the Pune-Solapur highway. It is the middle of summer but the sweltering heat does not bother him. After a hard day
The major problem faced by the foodgrain production system of India is the post harvest losses. There are many sources of leakage between production and consumption of foodgrains that not only include wastage of grains during various post-harvest operations but also at the stage of harvesting.
Credit is said to be the lifeblood of agriculture for increasing agricultural production. The District Central Co-operative Banks in Maharashtra have played a significant role in providing crop loans and term loans to farmers through the PACS in the rural areas of state. The sickness of DCCB is mainly due …
A study has been conducted at the Naokari limestone mine located at Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state, to investigate the hydro geological condition between the mines and the surrounding areas. Water resources accounting by the demarcating different watersheds and quality of water has also been carried out to analyse major …
The Maharashtra government recently moved a resolution in the state assembly to repeal the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act (ulcra), 1976. It will be taken up in the monsoon session of the assembly. Repeal of laws restricting land ownership is one of the requirements for states whose cities have …
