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 …
African governments and businesses are putting their investments at risk from the long-term impacts of climate change because they are failing to take climate information into account, says a new report from the Overseas Development Institute and SouthSouthNorth for the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) programme and Climate and Development …
The rapid diffusion of mobile technologies around the globe has triggered new opportunities to enhance human development. UNDP and Motorola Solutions have joined forces to support the use of mobile technologies to foster human development and build resilient, sustainable societies. Indeed, mobiles can bring basic services and information to billions …
With the eligible corporates mandated under the new Companies Act to spend two percent of their net profit for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, experts pitched for partnerships with civil society for effective implementation of corporate sponsored peripheral development work at the ground level. "The companies should outsource the CSR …
The report covers results achieved in 36 countries and territories in the Asia and Pacific region. It illustrates UNDP’s support to poverty reduction and conservation of natural resources, strengthening democratic governance, building resilience and responding to crisis. UNDP assisted people in strengthening livelihoods and empowering themselves. UNDP has delivered US$2 …
There have been several missing links in the recent debate on the future of the Planning and Finance Commissions. First, it is not clear whether the debate was more about the future of planning or about the future of the Planning Commission. How do the proposals for institutional reform fix …
The state government on Tuesday decided to scrap the river regulation zone policy. The policy made areas within two kilometres of high flood lines on either side of river basins no-development zones. Environmentalists and experts have slammed the decision and raised a number of issues. It is interesting to note …
Commitment to development index places Australia second to last on environmental policy in terms of how it affects poorer countries Australia has come 12th on an index that ranks wealthy nations according to how their policies affect poorer countries, performing strongly on trade but placed second to last on its …
Drawing on the Asian Development Bank’s experience installing the rooftop solar photovoltaic system at its headquarters, the Handbook for Rooftop Solar Development in Asia hopes to demystify the process of developing solar photovoltaic projects in urban areas. The handbook provides detailed descriptions and guidance for all stages of development, including …
Formerly entitled Global Employment Trends, the World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2015 includes a forecast of global unemployment levels and explains the factors behind this trend, including continuing inequality and falling wage shares. It looks at the drivers of the rising middle class in the developing world as …
The Haryana Government has formulated the policy for grant of Change of Land Use (CLU) permission for setting up of Wholesale Trade, Warehouse and Storage in the Commercial Zone. An official spokesman said this CLU permission will be applicable only for the development plans of the Controlled Areas situated in …
Dehradun: Forest minister Dinesh Agrawal has cautioned the forest department to prevent underutilization of CAMPA funds in the next financial year. The department has been able to use only 50-70% of these funds over the years, while it's always complaining of fund shortages to carry developmental activities. For 2014-15, a …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will file caveats in courts — especially in cases where it fears third parties may drag the government into a legal battle over green clearances — to ensure that development projects are not stalled for frivolous reasons. “The government cannot engage in …
In tune with the changing realities there is a need to develop new eco-systems and competencies, A.C. Narayana, professor of Centre for Earth and Space Sciences University of Hyderabad, has said. If the State has to become an industrial hub and leverage the presence of long coastline it has to …
Bhubaneswar: The Housing and Urban Development Department has constituted a special committee for formulating the master plan land policy for Bhubaneswar Development Plan Area (BDPA). The committee will be headed by Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi. The committee will be mainly responsible for drafting regulations for facilitating planned growth …
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has announced aid for development of new road network and restoration of roads damaged in the 2013 natural disaster. An announcement was made by Nitin Gadkari in the presence of Swami Ramdev at the Patanjali Yogpeeth here today. Gadkari …
The inefficiency of government authorities may deprive scores of the district’s below poverty line (BPL) families of seeing construction of a toilet in their homes this year as well. A look at the figures is enough to blame authorities for the slow pace of construction of toilets. Till date, only …
On July 10, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that a Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) would be set up, so that there is proper monitoring of compensatory afforestation activities. CAMPA is meant to promote afforestation and regeneration activities as a way of compensating for forest land diverted …
PM Modi to head panel that will give strategic advice On New Year’s Day, the Modi government set up NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) in place of the Planning Commission. The Prime Minister will head the new institution tasked with the role of formulating policies and direction for …
Gujarat government has announced its new industrial policy for 2015. This policy will focus on key areas like infrastructure development, simplification of labour laws and motivation of new innovations through technology transfer. It seeks to cater and provide opportunities to around 60 per cent of Gujarat’s population which is between …
As the environment versus development debate continued to torment policy makers in 2014, the new government initiated the process of rewriting the rules of environmental governance in a bid to bring more clarity into the system. The NDA government appointed a committee under former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian …
