The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill was passed by voice vote, with the opposition Congress walking out of the House due to insufficient discussion. The bill was introduced …
The iniquitous development agenda pursued by successive governments at the centre and the state has rendered several tribal groups in Orissa, who reside in some of the poorer, more inaccessible districts of the state, largely marginal to the governance process. Arguably, it is this alienation and underdevelopment that has afforded …
Stunted stunt Driven by IT, plagued by it Bangalore's growth has been exponential, both in terms of population and its urban sprawl. The problem is that its urban infrastructure hasn't grown at anything like the same rate, and development priorities have been skewed by the city's excessive reliance on it. …
http://www.focusweb.org North versus South With the privileged North calling the shots in global development policies, the view of South remains neglected. Keeping this in mind,
This book is the first-ever comprehensive attempt to place wind power in Indian context and to deliberate on issues and actions needed to sustain this growth in the future. What makes the book truly comprehensive is the breadth of its coverage, which ranges from the history of wind power development …
This richly documented book asks the major questions about the enormously important political and geo-strategic issue of water. Does water have a price? Is it a right or a need? Is there a water crisis? Will wars be fought over water? Should we be worried about water pollution? Can the …
This book explores two principal contradictions in environmental politics in India--between conservation and large-scale development projects, and between short-term electoral politics and long-term imperatives of environmental conservation. The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh, north-western India, is home to the western Tragopan--an endangered pheasant. It shares its habitat …
www.solutionexchange-un.net.in keep Your fingers crossed The recent UN Human development report ranked India 127th in terms of its human development indicators. One doesn't know if this poor performance prompted the UN's India Country Team to come with this interactive website. But education, nutritional security, gender, health and employment are some …
Maharashtra's push comes from a March 2005 press note issued by the Union ministry of commerce and industry, allowing 100 per cent fdi in "township, housing, built
function graph() { var popurl="image/20051031/7-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=340,height=285,scrollbars=yes") } for the first time after the United Progressive Alliance came to power, prime minister Manmohan Singh called a full Planning Commission meeting on agriculture on September 27. The cause of concern: the annual foodgrain production has stagnated at around 200 million tonnes over …
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The Union cabinet will soon revamp the existing Northeastern Industrial Development Policy (neip). But the revision is very likely to be based on a flawed review of the existing policy. The original neip was initiated by the Union ministry of commerce and industry's department of industrial policy and promotion (dipp) …
function geo() { var popurl="image/20050630/22.pdf" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } For India, space is not the final frontier to be conquered. The country's performance in solving mundane problems such as poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition may be dismal, but its space programme is soaring high. Its latest achievement: the May 5, 2005, launch of …
Water deaths: Over 75 people, mostly children, have died after drinking polluted water in the past one-and-a-half months in Pakistan's Sindh province. Another 6,600 have been admitted to various hospitals, media reports said. "The entire summer is ahead but local municipal authorities have not taken any steps. Contaminated water is …
"Did you see the heart-rending cow death story on Zee tv, the other day?' asks one participant. Sitting at the oval table in the North East Council (nec) conference room, I turn around, peer into his face, believing I missed some sarcasm. But there is none to be missed. This …
in paul wolfowitz's selection as World Bank president, global democracy has taken a sharp fall. Since its formation after World War II, the president of the bank has been nominated by the us , with European powers always nodding approval. In return, Europe gets to nominate the International Monetary Fund's …
It is good and bad news for China. Citing the country's economic growth in recent years, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has decided to phase out its food aid to it from 2005. While experts believe this is an indication of China's growing global importance, they also warn the …
