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 …
State faces a Goa-like situation, warns National Board of Wildlife In order to bypass the need for a mandatory clearance from the National Board of Wildlife (NBW) for a slew of dams being developed in Sikkim, the Environment Ministry has slashed the protective zone around the hill State’s national parks …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is undertaking multi-state mega mock exercises, covering the eight states of the NE region, on March 10 and 13 next to assess the gap in the earthquake preparedness plans of the region. Disclosing this at a media sensitisation workshop here today, NDMA member T …
Sikkim has set for itself the goal of becoming an organic agricultural State by 2015 — but there are several challenges that it needs to overcome to see the shift, said an ecology expert from the Himalayan State. “Organic agriculture, as an adaptation strategy to climate change, is a concrete, …
New Delhi: Sikkim has become the only state in the country to achieve more than 100 per cent sanitation in rural and urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aanganwadi centres. All 6,10,577 inhabitants in Sikkim have latrines with high sanitation and hygiene standards. The Himalayan state has constructed 98,043 individual …
In a country ranked poorly on the health and environment front, Sikkim has done remarkably well to become India’s first State with 100 per cent sanitation coverage, according to a report of the drinking water and sanitation ministry. Sikkim, one of the eight Northeastern States nestled prettily in the eastern …
The Cabinet Committee on Investment has cleared three hydro power projects, which were stuck due to environmental bottlenecks. According to a power ministry official, the three hydel projects — Tawang (800 MW), Tato (700 MW) and Teesta (520 MW) — which were awaiting approvals for a long time, have been …
Learning from the forgettable experience of the mega earthquake of September 18, 2011, the Government of Sikkim has initiated Rs 391 crore project for constructing resilient houses capable of withstanding earthquakes so to minimise the loss of lives and property in the event of a mega quake. The scenic North-Eastern …
The Union Urban Development Ministry has sanctioned 1,080 buses to seven States under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission programme. Projects related to ancillary infrastructure including depots, workshops and intelligent transport system have also been sanctioned. The State governments will have to procure these buses as per urban bus …
Sikkim has launched a Rs 390-crore project to build earthquake-resilient houses to minimise the loss of life and property in case of natural calamities. A devastating earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit northeastern India Sep 18, 2011, killing over 100 people, 70 of them in Sikkim. Sikkim is …
The government is set to give a big push to the development of hydro power plants in border areas by giving fast-track clearances to projects that are delayed for the last several years due to a complex approval mechanism. An empowered group of ministers (EGoM), headed by finance minister P …
A storm with high velocity winds hit parts of East and North districts of Sikkim in the early morning hours today, wreaking havoc. The storm took the life of a 11 year-old child Marina Chettri, besides damaging a house here. The storm also uprooted trees and disrupted power lines across …
Health activists and civil society organisations have commended the state health minister’s decision to set up a multi-stakeholder committee to formulate the Maharashtra Clinical Establishment Act and pass it in the next budget assembly session in February-March 2014. More than 80% of the patients in the state seek care in …
The Defence and Forest and Environment ministries have given the go ahead to the proposed 150 km alternate highway to NH 31A, exclusively for defence purposes in Sikkim and West Bengal. The stretch from Damdim, Chalsa to Rhenock has been allotted to the National Highways Authority of India and the …
New Delhi : All hydel projects with investment requirement of up to Rs 1,000 crore may soon be exempted from the mandatory techno-economic clearance of the Central Electricity Authority. The power ministry is set to authorise state governments to undertake an appraisal of such hydropower projects on their own. Sources …
The Sikkim government has launched a massive initiative to revive and restore dying natural springs to address the water problem, especially in the rural areas. It has led to a 15 per cent enhancement in spring discharges. Through the initiative called Dhara Vikas, the government has sucessfully revived 50 springs …
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other pollutants are negative externalities imposing an external cost on the entire society and not just on the individuals who consume a certain product. Though India does not have an obligation to reduce the emissions of GHGs, it is important for Indian States to adopt a …
V. S. Vijayan, member, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has said that it was evident that vested interests were behind those opposing the Madhav Gadgil report. Lobbies connected to pesticide, sand and granite-mining were opposed to the report, he said. In a seminar organised at the Idukki Press Club …
A study of climate policy integration in the state action plans on climate change - A presentation by Anshu Ogra at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
Himachal is among the four states selected for the implementation of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded innovative pilot project under the new global mechanism of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation of Forests (REDD) Plus to combat climate change. Under the REDD Plus plan, financial incentives will …
The state is flouting every law and risking the future of its people to allow dubious private players a free run, says Jay Mazoomdaar. On its website, the Sikkim Energy and Power department says that the state’s swift rivulet systems have huge hydropower potential — “8,000 MW peak with a …
