Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raghubir Singh Garia Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 22/04/2025. The matter related to illegal mining of soap stone in village Papon, District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The complainant, a resident of the village said that illegal mining of soap stone …
Development of a road brings cheers anywhere especially in the North East where transport network is very poor and in bad shape. But widening of the National Highway- 37, which rips through the famous Kaziranga National Park, has rung alarm bells for the forest officials and the conservationists. The road …
Agartala, Nov 17: The Tripura government has urged the Centre to extend recently launched National Urban Sanitation Policy. State Rural Development Minister Jitendra Choudhury today said the policy was to ensure clean and healthy cities and towns across the country. He said since the policy did not mention whether the …
The Ministry of Power, Government of India is planning to add around 78,000 MW of power in 11th Five Year Plan which is around 60 per cent increase from the existing capacity. The planners are making big plans for constructing huge coal based, hydro and nuclear power plants in the …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared implementation of Pare Hydro Electric Project (110 MW) in Arunachal Pradesh by North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO). The Project is estimated to cost Rs.573.99 crore. Briefing newsmen, Union Minister of State, Prithviraj Chavan said that the Project is scheduled …
Agartala, Nov 5: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has agreed to provide financial support to 8,719 remote villages of 10 states, including 1,704 hamlets in the Northeast in the current fiscal. State Science and Technology Minister Joy Gobinda Debroy told UNI here today that the ministry will support …
In view of the observation of Carrying Capacity Study of Teesta Basin as ecologically sensitive North Sikkim, Ministry of Environment and Forests have decided that projects above Chungthang area should not be considered for construction of dams and large scale developmental activities.
Fearing heavy loss after the notice from the Commissioner of Taxes regarding imposition of the sales tax on the packaged drinking water units across the State, the units are now planning a complete shut down or shifting the business to the other NE States. Uncertainty looms over the future of …
B.S. Satish Kumar TUBAGERE HOBLI (Bangalore Rural district): Karnataka is set to show the way in the country on the methods of finding a way out of the present agrarian crisis and instilling confidence among farmers. The Centre has decided to replicate Karnataka
Agartala, Oct 19: Researchers of the Ecology and Environment Department, Asom University, have called upon students of the north-eastern States to join the ongoing campaign - Save the Turtles Movement- against the consumption of turtle meat. The researchers also lashed out the north-eastern State Governments, adding that due to weak …
The array of green valleys along the mighty Himalayas including that of North East might look enchanting. But lakhs of people living in the beautiful land are creating enough pollution, which could affect the rain formation on top of the biggest mountain range. In the long run this would adversely …
Agartala, Oct 12: A day after the signing of the 123 agreement between India and the US, Left parties in Tripura today threatened to launch a campaign against the argument of energy security issue of the UPA Government and alleged that the nuke deal once again reflected Centre
This report contains details of the issues related to the gap between Irrigation Potential Created and Irrigation Potential Utilised including the nature of the issues and suggestions to minimise the existing gap in West Bengal and the North-Eastern states.
Fish is an important item of food to almost all the people (about 95 per cent) of Tripura. There were about 93,870 fish farmers in the state during 2001-02. The present average production from culture fish in the state is very low which needs to be increased to make the …
The North East Region (NER) refers collectively to the eight states located in the midst of the East Himalayan region in the north-eastern part of India, constituting Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The region is well endowed with natural resources and ideal climatic conditions for …
