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 …
Gangtok, April 30: Foreign delegates who participated in an international seminar on rhododendron conservation and sustainable use here yesterday lauded the Sikkim government for its efforts to protect the state
- WWF trains border guards to conserve park & keep away smugglers Siliguri, April 30: The forest department is trying to bring in the Sashastra Seema Bal to check the smuggling of rare medicinal plants from the Singalila National Park to Nepal. The 78.6sqkm park is on the Indo-Nepal border …
Gangtok, April 28: The Sikkim Government will utilize funds of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for construction of play grounds in the schools in the State, official sources said today. The construction of play grounds in schools will meet the MGNREGA
GANGTOK: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has said that the environment and bio-diversity in Sikkim have been threatened by construction of hydel power projects and absence of government safeguards. The state government has not taken sufficient precaution against degradation of environment and bio-diversity by drawing up a catchment …
Gangtok, April 25: The double-laning of NH31A, the lifeline of Sikkim, has hit a hurdle as the Bengal forest department has not yet granted permission to the Border Roads Organisation to work on the stretch that runs through Darjeeling district. The chief engineer of BRO
Gangtok: In a setback to the Pawan Kumar Chamling-led SDF government in Sikkim, the Centre has nominated six local Congress leaders to a monitoring committee to keep a tab on the implementation of the rural development projects in the state. In a letter sent to the state government recently, the …
Sarikah Atreya The President, Ms Pratibha Patil, on Thursday inaugurated the mega tourism project, Khangchendzonga Tourist Villa-cum-socio cultural amusement park at Ranka, East Sikkim. The West Bengal Governor, Mr M.K. Narayanan, who has been given the additional charge for Sikkim, the Chief Minister, Mr Pawan Chamling, cabinet ministers and a …
Faced with the criticism of delay in release of funds, the Ministry Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) on Tuesday, claimed to have made higher disbursement last fiscal, releasing Rs 668.62 crore under the Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR). The Ministry of DoNER released an estimated Rs 668.62 …
Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Sikkim has entrusted DDF Consultants Pvt Ltd the work of the preparation of comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) for the capital town of Gangtok which is one of the towns eligible for central government financial assistance under JNNURM programme. Comprehensive mobility plan (draft) for …
Sarikah Atreya The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has censured the Sikkim Government for causing losses amounting to crores of rupees to the exchequer. In its report for the year ended March 31, 2009 which was tabled in Sikkim Legislative Assembly yesterday, the CAG said that the State …
This document contains the presentation by Smriti Basnett, A.V. Kulkarni, B.P. Rathore & et al on Snow cover monitoring and snow distribution in Sikkim Himalayas, presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. The Sikkim Eastern Himalayan ranges feed river Tista of its fresh water, influencing the …
GANGTOK, March 4: Not exactly a Green Bonus as promised by Jairam Ramesh but Sikkim and other green States has something to cheer with the 13th Finance Commission recommending that much of the Rs 5,000 crores grants for forestry promotion in the country would be linked to the number of …
Gangtok, March 2: The 13th Finance Commission has recommended a package of Rs 400 crore during the next five years as grants-in-aid for meeting specific needs, including Rs 200-crore Bhaley Dhunga sky walk project, in Sikkim. The commission, in its report tabled by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament …
Farmers are trying out different options to improve the feed management in dairy animals. They are looking at options which reduce costs and at the same time do not affect the milk yields. The participatory technology development process provided a farmer centered extension mechanism, enabling knowledge enrichment, for farmers as …
The work on construction of a new railway line to connect northern part of West Bengal with Sikkim was launched recently with the ground-breaking ceremony attended by Mr Shiv Kumar, General Manager, and other senior officials of Northeast Frontier Railway and IRCON International Ltd, a subsidiary of the Indian Railways, …
Sikkim Human Resource Development Department has been providing the mid-day meal to the students of primary and upper primary level since 2002. Under the scheme, the mid-day meals have been served to 69,758 primary students and 22,992 upper primary students of schools. A total of 762 government schools, 85 monastic …
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling laid the foundation stone of a new 575-bedded multi specialty STNM Hospital at Suchakgang (Sichey) in the city outskirts here recently. The Hospital will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 400 crores with a plinth area of 6 lakh square feet, housing 18 …
GANGTOK, Feb 1: Endowed with spectacular scenic beauty, Sikkim is harnessing its natural bounty for sustainable development through village tourism. Sikkim is considered as one of the most peaceful and fastest developing States of Northeast India. In a bid to further develop its economy, the first Winter Village Festival was …
