NITI Aayog has launched the GROW initiative, focusing on transforming India's wastelands through agroforestry. The Greening and Restoration of Wasteland with Agroforestry (GROW) report, analyses the country's environmental and sustainable land use efforts using advanced remote sensing and GIS technologies. The report offers a detailed state-wise and district-wise analysis, providing …
At a time when land has become one of the most critical inputs for economic development, the West Bengal government has embarked on a programme to reclaim wastelands in order to make them arable. This programme has been dovetailed into the Central project — Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India …
Once a desolate spot, Yamuna Biodiversity Park has now become a favourite haunt of birdwatchers. The park has been welcoming hundreds of migratory birds from Siberia, Europe and the Himalayas every year, but this year, hundreds of Redcrested Pochards have been sighted in the park. Scientists credit the successful restoration …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. & Anr. Vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors. dated 30/01/2014 regarding land termed as "private forest" owned by Godrej in Maharashtra. Supreme Court in the order states "the principal question for consideration …
Ahmedabad: Bamboo farming has changed the landscape of a village situated on the banks of River Mahor in Kheda district. Kaprupur, a hamlet of 3,000 people, has even won the Prime Minister’s excellence award for the success of MGNREGA. The villagers and panchayat used five hectare of wasteland on the …
The built-up area in the National Capital Region, which includes residential, non-residential, landfill sites, etc., has increased by 34.6 per cent from 1999-2012. This has happened mostly at the expense of green areas and water bodies which have gone down by 22.5 per cent and 5.9 per cent, respectively. These …
A Planning Commission panel recently recommended allocation of 2 per cent of annual gross budgetary support (to the Twelfth Plan) per year to the 11 Himalayan states, including seven in the Northeast. The amount, at current levels would work out to be about Rs 10,000 crore, to be earmarked for …
Environmental impact of private sector CDM forestry projects in India - A presentation by Himangana Gupta at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suraj Prasad Pandey Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/10/2013 regarding a land in dispute (Khasra No. 85 and its new No. 114 in village Kamta District Panna, Madhya Pradesh) which was classified as ‘Talaiya’. It appears that subsequently …
The Ministry of Rural Development will soon put up maps demarcating the availability of wasteland in the country to help in the process of land acquisition, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday. Ideally, non-irrigated land should be the first to be acquired, Ramesh said, while addressing the industry …
Hardly a fortnight after the Madhya Pradesh government scuttled the Jal Satyagraha against submergence by dams, it has again come down hard on activists in Sidhi protesting against diversion of forest land for a cement factory. On the intervening night of September 30 and October 1, 22 protesters in Sidhi …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pandurang Sitaram Chalke & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 01/10/2013 on the issue of illegal mining in the agricultural areas as well as forest and non-forest areas in Sukvali village, Taluka Khed, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. Original Source: …
Thousands of trees might have faced the infrastructural axe in the City, reducing afforestation to a mere eco-slogan. But there is a neat little twist in this one-way trail of green destruction. Turning the tide with a defiant, dedicated tree-planting drive, aviation major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has transformed huge …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Indraj Singh & Others Vs State of Haryana & Others dated 19/08/2013 regarding acquisition of the land for the purpose of construction of a sector road under the Bahadurgarh Scheme.
NPP at Mithivirdi will be set up 40 km from Bhavnagar and is located on sea coast on west side The Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCRZMA) has given nod for Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's (NPCIL) proposed 6,000 Mw nuclear power plant in Mithivirdi, Bhavnagar. It has recommended …
Experts Find That Much Of It Has Degraded Into Scrubland A study on the status and distribution of forests of a portion of the Western Ghats has revealed that more land is in private hands than the area under protected forests, but large tracts have degraded into scrub and wastelands. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today termed as "disastrous" the Centre's view that the panel's expert members who are to visit Nirma's cement plant site in Gujarat won't be able to ascertain if the area is a waterbody or not due to prevailing drought conditions there. A vacation bench headed …
Works taken up as part of NREGA scheme were found to help maintain ground water levels, aiding crop productivity The UPA government’s flagship employment guarantee programme can play an important role in conserving natural resources and sustaining water supply and food production, according to a study. Conceived to provide livelihood …
The tackle the problem of water pollution, the Pushkar Lake will soon have a coir mesh treatment system. An alarming water loss is also being reported from the lake for which the administration will seek assistance of specialists from the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. At the meeting which took …
Villagers boycott public hearing on environment impact assesment report Hundreds of farmers from villages that are likely to be affected by the proposed nuclear power project in Mitihivirdi, Bhavnagar, on Tuesday, walked out of the public hearing on the project environment impact assessment (EIA) report. They have been opposing the …
Engineers India Ltd has completed a preliminary report for the environmental impact assessment for Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd’s (NPCIL) proposed 6x1,000-megawatt (Mw) project at Mithivirdi, Gujarat. US nuclear reactor supplier Westinghouse Electric Co has signed a memorandum of understanding with NPCIL, agreeing to negotiate an early works agreement …
