Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
New Delhi: Going against the demand of its largest ally, the Trinamool Congress, the Congress-led UPA government has decided to introduce the controversial Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill as well as the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill on the last day of the ongoing budget session. Government managers on Wednesday indicated that …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi August 06, 2009, 0:15 IST Ally Mamata Banerjee wants major changes in the contentious Bill. Congress managers have left it to party president Sonia Gandhi to take the final call on introducing the contentious land acquisition amendment Bill during the current session of Parliament. As …
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her ministry was prepared to set up a rail coach factory at Singur, provided 600 acres of the 1,000-acre land earlier acquired by the Tatas to set up the
An integrated survey based on satellite interpretation corroborated with limited field checks was carried out with a view to assess groundwater potential of Nandimandalam-Kothapalli of Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh falling in Survey of India toposheet no. 57J/11.
The CSE news report on proposal of Noida Development Authority to construct multi storey buildings on a site that is part of the Yamuna flood plain and is defined as agricultural land. It is feared that, this will reduce groundwater recharge & also disturb biodiversity of the Okhla bird sanctuary. …
Siddhesh Inamdar Mumbai: Project-displaced people from Pune, Hingoli, Nandurbar, Satara and other districts of Maharashtra gathered at the Azad Maidan here on Thursday and announced the start of an indefinite demonstration, asking for justice. The agitation has been organised by the National Alliance of Peoples Movements and is being led …
The international negotiations on climate change are on and all Parties of UNFCCC are working to reach an agreed outcome at Copenhagen in December 2009. This latest publication encapsulates the major submissions made by India to the UNFCCC during 2008 and 2009. Of particular note are India
India's Special Economic Zones (SEZ) have been shrouded by controversies. In this recent paper the Institute of South Asian Studies examines some of the challenges to public policy and governance produced by the SEZ. India
A Bill seeking to restrict the owner of agricultural land to sell or use of land for non-agricultural purpose other than agriculturists was introduced in the assembly today. The legislation, called the Goa Land Use (regulation) Amendment Bill 2009, imposes restrictions on the owner of agriculture land to sell or …
This recent report cautions that the production of biofuels is fuelling poverty, human rights abuses and damage to the environment. Includes case studies of communities which are growing biofuels on a small scale to supply their own energy needs. This report reviews the evidence and concludes that biofuels are not …
Hyderabad, July 31: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday granted stay on 12 government orders issued by the government to acquire 3,300 acres of land for the proposed Vodarevu and Nizampatnam Ports Industrial Corridor (Vanpic) Project. The court was dealing with a petition filed by one Mr P. Sankar …
This study by the World Agroforestry Center shows that almost half of the world's farmland has at least 10 percent tree cover. Says that farmers would do more to preserve trees if their trees were included in international climate change negotiations mitigation schemes. Agroforestry, the inclusion of woody perennials within …
Uncontrolled fires across Indonesia burn large areas of peatland and create vast palls of smoke on an almost annual basis. This has devastating effect on wildlife, human health, the economy and climate. Yet, more than 10 years after the massive fires of 1997-98 grabbed international headlines, the problem is still …
Long infamous for heroin, opium, and other poppy products, the Golden Triangle, the mountainous, thickly forested intersection of Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and China, is now becoming known for another plant: Hevea brasiliensis, the Par
kolkata: West Bengal may lose another project, this one worth Rs 600 crore, due to procedural problems and delays in clearing a project. US-based Astonfield Renewable Resources Ltd, which was shortlisted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to implement a 54 mw power project from solid waste of Dhapa (where all …
The State government has simplified the process of seeking land use reclassification by eliminating the role of local bodies as a channel to route proposals and applications to the local planning authorities. Proposers and applicants can now directly approach the planning authority. The final clearance will come from the government. …
July 27: The state government on Monday tabled two Bills in the Assembly. The first one pertains to facilitating the sale of agricultural surplus land and the other one is regarding the weightage marks to be added to intermediate marks for admission into professional courses through Eamcet. As per the …
