Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
SHILLONG: Climate change has taken its toll on agriculture sector of the Northeast over the years, which prompted the scientists to go for vulnerability assessment and issuing warning to both farming community and agriculture mangers. Scientists had observed higher agricultural vulnerability in the northern parts of the region and the …
AGARTALA: Climate change has taken it’s toll on agriculture sector of northeast over the years, which prompted the scientists to go for vulnerability assessment and issuing warning to both farming community and agriculture mangers. Scientists had observed higher agricultural vulnerability in the northern parts of the region and the same …
The people of greater Sylhet are becoming vocal against the construction of the much talked-about Tipaimukh Dam, near the border of Sylhet,apprehending that the dam would affect the north-eastern region of the country adversely, particularly the Sylhet division. Hartal and road march have already been announced in the region by …
SILCHAR: Notwithstanding the uncertainty over Barak dam, also known as Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Power Project, several NGOs and organizations have raised concern over the proposed construction of dams in Barak Valley and Mizoram. They have made reference to dams at the upstream of Barak, Rukhni, Sonai, Dhaleswari and Singla rivers …
AGARTALA: The electricity crisis in Northeastern India is set to ease when the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) first mega power project- the largest in the region- starts generating power by April next year. “State-owned ONGC’s 726-MW generating capacity first major power project in India will start producing electricity …
An earthquake measuring 5.9 in the Richter Scale rocked the entire Northeastern region for a few seconds at around 8.47 am this morning creating panic among the people who are still being haunted by the recent earthquake that devastated Sikkim. However, there were no reports of any major damage due …
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved a Rs.683 crore project to improve the living standards of rural areas in four north-eastern States – Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura – fighting high poverty ratios. The plan, North East Rural Livelihood Project, or NERLP, was approved by the Cabinet Committee on …
New Delhi: A meeting of India’s top seismologists and earthquake specialists, which discussed issues arising from the Sikkim earthquake, has strongly recommended that northeastern states set up their own state disaster response units instead of being dependent on centralised forces like the National Disaster Response Force. In addition, the national …
Six years after it was launched, the plan to have 24/7 functioning community health centres (CHCs) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is yet to be realised, largely because of paucity of specialists. The state-wise progress report compiled by the ministry that was circulated internally in September shows that …
NEW DELHI: The state government may be trying to project Delhi as a world-class city, but the findings by "India's Child Rights Index", a first-of-its-kind report released on Wednesday, paint a different picture. The city ranks 12 in the country when it comes to ensuring well-being of children - assessed …
In view of a recent court order, ruling that the payments made under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act cannot be lower than those prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has suggested that amendments be made in both these Acts to bring them in …
The Centre is likely to pay minimum wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in compliance with the recent Karnataka High Court ruling upholding the supremacy of the Minimum Wages Act (MWA) over the MGNREGA. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has taken …
GUWAHATI: The prevalence of tobacco use in any form is highest in the Northeast. Mizoram has the highest prevalence of tobacco use, around 67.2 per cent. Ironically, Mizoram also has the highest literacy rate in the country. In Assam tobacco use is 39 per cent which is a little higher …
AGARTALA/AIZAWL: Incidence of cancer has been rising alarmingly in the hilly northeastern region of India, almost half the cases being attributed to consumption of tobacco products, experts say. According to experts, Mizoram tops the rate of cancer patients with an incidence of 200 in 100,000 each year. Though other northeastern …
The Centre is likely to raise remuneration under its rural job guarantee scheme and align it with the notified minimum wages of states following a court order last month. Millions of workers enrolled under the government’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are entitled . 100 a day …
Foodgrain production in Mizoram has increased by 30 per cent this year. A source from the Mizoram agriculture department said that buoyed by the considerable improvement in the production of foodgrains, the Mizoram government has underlined the need for tapping the potentials. The source also said that the Vision 2020 …
Shillong: The State Forest department has requested the Central Government to direct the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun to conduct a detailed survey of the latest tiger population in the State. Talking to The Shillong Times here on Sunday, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest VK Nautiyal said the State had …
Chennai The Rubber Board is awaiting states’ nod to conduct the field trials of genetically modified (GM) rubber crop, said Sheela Thomas, chairperson, Rubber Board. “Subsequent to the clearance of ministry of environment and forest to conduct field trials of GM rubber, we solicited rubber plantation states to volunteer for …
Indian energy consumers are living in a time wrap, far removed from global realities. Be it petroleum products, electricity or coal, skewed pricing policies and inability to propel growth in these vital sectors have created a regime where energy consumers are led to live in a fool’s paradise completely oblivious …
Authorities in north-eastern Indian state of Manipur have forwarded a proposal to the environment ministry of the central government, seeking a ‘forest clearance’ for the controversial 1,500MW Tipaimukh Hydro-Electric (Multi-Purpose) Project. The state minister for power, KC Venugopal, recently informed the country’s parliament that the Department of Forest of Manipur …
