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 …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has given the green light to resume the survey and investigation for three hydel power projects proposed on the Lachung river above Chungthang in North Sikkim. The projects at Lachung (84MW), Bhimkyong (90MW) and Bop (97.5MW) were put on hold after the …
KOHIMA, Jan 28: Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), BK Handique, has approved road projects of Rs 434.23 crore spanning the five States of Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Manipur and Mizoram as part of the ongoing 11th Plan Projects of the North Eastern Council (NEC). According to a DoNER …
With the Sikkim Government determined to increase afforestation, the state forest department has launched a roadmap of the National Afforestation Programme here. Tourism Minister Bhim Dhungel said that it was essential to discuss afforestation and forest conservation at the village level for greater success of the programme in the state.
Sikkim, one of the smallest state of the country with a total geographical of areas of 7096 km also harbors some such sacred areas with religious and/or historical background. There area sacred groves reported in all part of the state. All the sacred groves are attached to the local monasteries …
The sectoral vision in the forestry and environment sector till 2015 has been framed. The underlying theme of forestry would be the scientific management of forests for biodiversity conservation and for the benefit of Sikkimese people. The sectoral visions for different sectors are: flagship participatory greening programmes of Sikkim, wildlife …
Gangtok, Dec 23: The Sikkim Bhutla Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC) has requested His Holiness the Dalai Lama to take initiative for the scrapping of mega power projects on the sacred Rathongchu river.
GANGTOK, Dec 11: The Sikkim Government has banned the killing of animals, fowl and fish during the visit of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, between December 15 and 17. Special permits will be issued to individuals or government organizations intending to import meat, except poultry from outside the State …
Gangtok, Dec 6: A class XI science department student of Jawaharlal Navodya Vidhlaya at Rabong in South Sikkim has made a design of an eco-friendly vehicle which works on the principle of electromagnetic induction magnetism (EMIM). Seventeen-year-old Deepak Gupta developed the design to prevent emission of harmful gases.
Here we describe the bird community of Shingba Rhododendron sanctuary, a high altitude protected area (> 3200 m) and an Important Bird Area (IBA) in Sikkim in the Eastern Himalaya, India. Altogether 332 points were sampled using a point count method.
During the last two decades much has been written about the biodiversity richness of country. Avoiding all the numerical details about the documented species an attempt has been made to provide information about the relative forest systems of India. For classifying the vegetation the altitude has been adopted as vital …
Rankings are no pyramid; they are a ladder and there's room for only one at each rung. A historical advantage in infrastructure and its fields of gold may have kept Punjab on the top rung of the India Today State of the States study for long but Himachal has broken …
An apex committee headed by the Chief Minister, Mr Pawan Chamling, has been constituted to oversee the implementation of organic farming programmes in Sikkim. The other members of the committee are the Agriculture Minister, the Rural Development Minister, the Chief Secretary, the Development Commissioner, the Finance Secretary and the Agriculture …
Except for two states in the country, all the remaining ones are going to fall way short of the target of 100 per cent coverage of all rural schools and anganwadis in their regions with toilets by 2011. The target was set for them under the Centre
The Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management Project aims to strengthen biodiversity conservation activities and forest management capacity, and to improve the local people
Gauging a river’s health need not be complex. Taxonomists can make the job very simple. These biologists, who have specialised in the classification of organisms, can determine a river’s health with the unaided eye by simply studying the organisms present. There is little need, therefore, for bottling samples and rushing …
GAUGING a river’s health need not be complex. Taxonomists can make the job very simple. These biologists, who have specialised in the classification of organisms, can determine a river’s health with the unaided eye by simply studying the organisms present. There is little need, therefore, for bottling samples and rushing …
Misgivings still persist in Assam By Barun Das Gupta North-East India has a vast and untapped potential of hydro-power, estimated at 35,000 MW. For decades, it had been a constant grievance of the people of the area that the government was doing nothing to tap it which could usher in …
