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 …
Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee Draft Election Manifesto 2013. The Election Manifesto states "The Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee, in its Manifesto for Mizoram Assembly Elections in 2008, made a number of promises to the people of Mizoram. And according to the periodic evaluations conducted by the party over the last 54 …
NEW DELHI, October 20: A fact that is likely to generate a wide–scale controversy amongst the environmental activists in the northeastern States, as many as 10,846.6382 hectares of forest land was diverted for non–forest purposes in the region. Such forest land was diverted for building dams, mining and other non–forest …
Congress-ruled states like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Mizoram and Delhi have already started implementing the National Food Security Act The United Progressive Alliance government will on Tuesday review with states preparations for the implementation of its flagship National Food Security Act Tuesday, a statement said Monday. The bill, a …
Seeks answers from Petroleum Ministry on IPI, TAPI and India-Bangladesh-Myanmar gas pipeline. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has sought answers from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry over the inadequate progress made in execution of transnational pipeline projects including the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline, the TAPI gas pipeline and the …
Around 100 houses on the banks of the Tlawng river in Mizoram-Assam border Bairabi town were swept away by flood during the past two weeks, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation department officials in Kolasib district said today. Heavy monsoon downpours in the state caused the Tlawng river, the largest and longest …
Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of India once again reiterated that diversion of forest land in Mizoram for the construction of Tipaimukh Multipurpose Dam should not be sanctioned. The committee said this in a meeting with Ministry of Environment and Forest on August 13 and 14, over diversion of 1551.60 hectares …
A deadly pig virus, which first broke out in India earlier this year, has made a comeback in Mizoram. Almost 250 infected pigs have been culled in the past two months and more than 900 suspected samples are currently awaiting the tests, senior officials said. The virus, which causes Porcine …
New Delhi, August 27: At a time when the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) has raised a hue and cry in Assam, as many as 19 power projects including twelve 3.918 MW hydel power projects are on cards in northeast. The power plants would be set up in …
Tuberculosis cases are on the rise in the northeastern state of Mizoram with around 600 cases being detected during the first six months this year against only 80 cases in the entire year last year, officials said here Monday. "There were 592 fresh tuberculosis cases reported in Mizoram during January …
As many as 10 lakh cancer cases have already been detected in India in current year with the case load set to shoot to 11.48 lakh by 2015 and 13.20 lakh by 2020. A whopping 27 pc of these cancers are associated with tobacco and increase in incidence of cancers …
The commissioning of the 210 MW capacity Tuivai hydro–electric project in Mizoram, a much–anticipated event, would begin soon as the Union Finance Ministry has approved funds for it, an official said here on Wednesday. “The Union Finance Ministry last month gave its endorsement to provide necessary funding for the 210 …
The project will be built at a cost of Rs 1,750.60 crore The commissioning of the 210 MW capacity Tuivai hydro-electric project in Mizoram, a much-anticipated event, would begin soon as the union finance ministry has approved funds for it, an official said here Wednesday. "The union finance ministry last …
The commissioning of the 210 MW capacity Tuivai hydro-electric project in Mizoram, a much-anticipated event, would begin soon as the Union Finance Ministry has approved funds for it, an official said here on Wednesday. "The Union Finance Ministry last month gave its endorsement to provide necessary funding for the 210 …
Inclusive growth and providing basic amenities to people living in rural areas dominates political discourse but recent government data shows that over 67% of rural households don't have access to toilets while members of at least 22% rural households have to trudge more than half a kilometer to fetch drinking …
Recent data of drinking water and sanitation ministry shows that at least 22% rural households have to cover more than half a km to fetch drinking water and over 67% of rural households don't have access to latrines. The worst-affected states in the second category are Jharkhand where over 91% …
Aizawl: People in Mizoram to be affected by the controversial Tipaimukh Dam have written to the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) to desist from giving forest clearance as the committee is scheduled to sit on the matter on August 13 and 14. The 1500 MW hydro project, to be built on …
AIZAWL : Work on the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project (KMMTP), that aims to link India with Myanmar’s Sittwe port through the Kolodyne river, has been halted, senior state officials said. Senior government officials told The Indian Express that the state’s Public Works Department (PWD) halted work as clearance has not …
Aizawl/Agartala: The Congress ruled-Mizoram government, which had earlier said it could not implement the food security scheme in the state due to fund crunch, on Thursday declared it would execute the plan. Congress-ruled Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh have also batted for the scheme but the remaining northeastern states …
Aizawl: After enacting the dry law in Mizoram 17 years ago, the state government is now mulling formulating a new drug policy to combat worsening drug abuse deaths even as social workers accuse the government of dragging its feet over putting the legislation in place. The existing drug laws in …
All the State governments in the northeast are likely to face a deduction of at least 7.5 per cent in Central funding under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), if New Delhi goes by its decision of reducing funding pattern. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is contemplating to …
