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 Government has begun processes to conduct a Census of Agriculture, to produce and disseminate complete and reliable data for decision making and for monitoring programmes aimed at further developing the agricultural sector and the economy. The Census of Agriculture is a nationwide exercise that collects, processes and disseminates information …
Sustainability challenges for nature and people are complex and interconnected, such that effective solutions require approaches and a common theory of change that bridge disparate disciplines and sectors. Causal chains offer promising approaches to achieving an integrated understanding of how actions affect ecosystems, the goods and services they provide, and …
The ZHDR 2017 seeks to provide an in-depth analysis of challenges relating to climate change and human development in order to mainstream climate change into national planning and build the resilience of vulnerable people in Zimbabwe to climate change using a human development lens. The ZHDR 2017 uses the ‘Drivers, …
Transboundary freshwater systems create inevitable linkages and interdependencies between countries. The use of shared water resources by one country will, in most cases, impact other countries sharing the same system. At the same time, coordination among countries in the development of transboundary basins can yield greater benefits than would be …
The Indian economy is set to revert to its trend growth rate of 7.5 percent in the coming years as it bottoms out from the impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetization, a new World Bank report says. The India Development Update, is a biannual flagship publication …
This Feasibility Study Report for the state of Tamil Nadu is a key milestone for the FOWIND project’s final year of work and is the consecutive step following the Tamil Nadu Prefeasibility Study delivered in 2015. This report is supported by FOWIND’s Supply Chain, Port Infrastructure and Logistics Study and …
This Feasibility Study report for the state of Gujarat is a key milestone for the FOWIND project’s final year of work and is the consecutive step following the Gujarat Pre-feasibility Study delivered in 2015. This report is supported by FOWIND’s Supply Chain, Port Infrastructure and Logistics Study and the Grid …
‘Gender-based prejudice has grave impact on well-being’ In the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia region and beyond, more than half the population — women — faces what is often egregious discrimination. “Discrimination in education, and opportunity to learn to read and write; discrimination in access to nutrition and the …
NAIROBI - Demonstrators plan to protest against a railway line being built inside Nairobi National Park, which they say threatens wildlife and people in Kenya, after their case was dismissed on Tuesday. A court said that it cannot stop construction of a 6 km (4 mile) railway bridge, which the …
In Nepal, deeply embedded structural conditions determined by gender, caste or ethnicity, religion, language, and even geography have made access to and benefits from energy resources highly uneven. Women, the poor, and excluded groups experience energy poverty more severely. To address this imbalance, the government and other stakeholders have introduced …
Budget 2018: Economic Survey 2018 of India will be presented in Parliament today. This is the first economic survey after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented last year. Notably, the Modi government's crucial budget 2018 will be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1. Economic Survey …
A new AidData report illuminates the black box of how leaders source evidence and use it to accelerate development in low- and middle-income countries. Information is “never the hero”, but it plays a supporting role in how leaders allocate scarce resources and accelerate development in their communities. Even in low- …
The report blends a diagnostic assessment of the situation of Commodity Exchanges and WRS in 15 countries, drawn from across the African Continent, and builds on the learnings from it, a holistic strategy for support by the Bank and its partners to Africa’s comex and WRS sector through packages of …
Countries that are open to international banking can benefit from global flows of funds, knowledge, and opportunity, but the regulatory challenges are complex and, at times, daunting says this new report released by the World Bank. Successful international integration has underpinned most experiences of rapid growth, shared prosperity, and reduced …
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched its 2018 Industrial Development Report (IDR) on Demand for Manufacturing: Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, at an event held on the sidelines of the seventeenth session of the UNIDO General Conference. The main findings of the report were presented and discussed …
A new report released by the African Development Bank (AfDB) calls for the industrialization of the continent with a focus on smart industrial policy, structural transformations and a move towards processing the continent’s raw materials into value added products. The report, entitled “Industrialize Africa: Strategies, Policies, Institutions and Financing”, was …
The government has decided to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to seek more time for the preparation of the Shimla Development Plan for which the green court has granted only three months. “Three months are less and it is impossible to prepare the exhaustive document within such a short …
The 2017 volume of the Development Co-operation Report focuses on Data for Development. “Big Data” and “the Internet of Things” are more than buzzwords: the data revolution is transforming the way that economies and societies are functioning across the planet. The Sustainable Development Goals along with the data revolution are …
The low level of industrialisation is a major problem in Africa. Many analysts have argued that lack of structural change during the phase of economic expansion since 2000 will impede future growth prospects due to the ongoing reliance on commodities. This in turn has serious consequences for the ability to …
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been supporting RD&D; for Technology Development and Demonstration for commercialisation of New & Renewable Energy Systems/Devices. In view of fast technology development in renewable energy across the globe and enhanced target of renewable power set in India, the MNRE has decided …
