Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
China placed two satellites in orbit on Sunday, including a spacecraft that will collect and relay data for disaster relief efforts, state press reported. The two satellites were successfully launched aboard a Long March carrier rocket, China’s main space launch vehicle, from northwest China’s Jiuquan satellite launch centre, Xinhua news …
Mumbai Chief ministers of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala agreed on Monday there could be a case for allowing state governments more leeway in giving environmental approvals, with Madhya Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kerala’s Oommen Chandy pointing out that delays in clearances were stalling economic growth in their states. …
The rules to regulate exploitation of ground water will come into effect by early December, P N Sreenivasachary, Secretary, Water Resource Department (Minor Irrigation) has said. “Rules under the Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2011, will be approved soon and an authority to regulate …
Terming as unhealthy the focus on undertaking road projects under the NREGS, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday advocated discouraging road projects under the scheme and suggested keeping the scheme focussed on water harvesting and water conservation. “I find roads being built under the scheme in many states. Too …
San Francisco: From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. That includes the water that goes into irrigating …
Sparring over portfolios between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra has begun anew after Union Minister Jairam Ramesh's suggestion that the Rural Development Department implement the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). While the NCP is happy about the suggestion, the Congress — which holds …
Jharkhand water policy 2011 calls for proper planning, thoughtful utilization & sustainable management of water. It calls for a multidisciplinary and holistic approach that considers water as part of the ecosystem for the benefit of all. This policy will broadly have a five-pronged strategy : First, the State will adopt …
The main objective of this M & E study is to evaluate the effectiveness of centrally sponsored programmes/schemes/projects for artificial recharge of ground water in the rainfed regions of the Maharashtra state. The changes attributed due to ground water recharge structures are clearly and objectively brought out under the study. …
How can we save the environment from pollution and global warming? Who is more aware of the environment? And who has been doing what to promote a clean and green environment? Answering these questions were school children from Delhi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar at the ‘Green-I Contest' organised by Carrier …
GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need of conservation of water bodies for a better Guwahati. He also emphasized on demarcation of the Guwahati Metropolitan region to control the fringe area development during a presentation by the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, on ‘Carrying Capacity …
A minute of keeping the tap open without reason can send up to 10 precious litres of water down the drain. Many little-known water facts such as this were discussed at a workshop hosted by Rotary Club of Jamshedpur on Sunday in a bid for a greener planet. Titled Water …
Mandatory permits and a cess on groundwater use to irrigate cash crops, run industry or for mining are among the measures proposed by the Government in a draft Bill that aims at conserving groundwater. The Model Bill for the Protection, Conservation, Management and Regulation of Groundwater — which was discussed …
Delhi must install water regulating agency, cut down demand and use treated water: Experts If Delhi wants to usher in change and manage the water sector better, it will have to “de-politicise” the Delhi Jal Board, re-assess the per capita allocation of water, correct the pricing of water and tweak …
The independent body will streamline water management With an eye on reforms, Delhi is all set to introduce a regulator for the water sector as well. On Thursday Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said her Government is keen to introduce a regulator for the water sector on the lines of the …
The Roadmaps for Reforms report focuses on four key areas. The first roadmap, proposing a national water management reform programme, underscores the importance of a multi-level approach to water management. It covers reforms at the state level for water resources management, main system irrigation management, and on-farm irrigation management. The …
There are a wide range of agriculture-based practices and technologies that have the potential to increase food production and the adaptive capacity of the food production system, as well as reduce emissions or enhance carbon storage in agricultural soils and biomass. However, even where such synergies exist, capturing them may …
How does a city-state that has no natural water body, very little groundwater and even less land to store rainwater quench the thirst of its five million people? Singapore faces this question just as one of its 50-year water import agreement with Johor, now a part of Malaysia, expires in …
Jaipur: After taking lead in helping the country draw up the Rigth to Information Act and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to have drafted a policy underlining the importance and the need to preserve and secure common …
The Advisor to Government of India's Department of Science and Technology, G. J. Samathanam, has praised Tamil Nadu for giving a good rainwater harvesting model to rest of the country. “Today, other States are emulating it. Tamil Nadu was the first State to create a Rain Water Harvesting model by …
Focus On Displacement & Loss Of Green Cover New Delhi: So far Delhiites have been concerned with the refusal of environment clearance to the Renuka dam as that means a serious water crisis for the city. Now antidam voices generating from the Nahan district in Himachal Pradesh, home to the …
