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 …
District panchayat plans 543 new schemes The District Planning Committee (DPC) of the Thiruvananthapuram district panchayat has approved projects worth Rs.121.70 crore for 2011-12, district panchayat president Remani P. Nair said here on Wednesday. This included 543 new projects to be implemented in the service, health, infrastructure development, agriculture, production, …
The Centre has decided to modify flagship rural development schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to suit the needs of naxal-affected districts. While the schemes will be made more flexible, funds allocated to them will also increase. The decision was taken at a day-long consultation held …
The Maharashtra government recently revised town planning norms to boost growth of smaller townships along the borders of major cities and urban hubs. Amendments have been made in the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966 to facilitate decisions that would help set up such cluster townships. Senior officials said a …
VIDS suggests formation of consortium of social entrepreneurs Call for launching District Greening Movement with support of environmentalists Mobile traffic patrol system suggested to regulate the traffic flow on roads VELLORE: The Vellore Institute of Development Studies (VIDS) has urged the Collector of Vellore district S. Nagarajan to draw up …
WITHIN six months of its implementation, the Integrated Action Plan (IAP), intended to boost development in Naxalite-affected regions, is heading for a change. At present, the plan is being directed by district-level committees with no public participation. The Planning Commission wants to alter this arrangement by imposing conditions on release …
Ban on plastic products below 30 microns from May 15 District panchayat to set up 3 shredding units Grama panchayats to get funds for the purpose Kozhikode: Efforts to get rid of plastic waste in the district are gaining momentum with the district panchayat asking local bodies to set up …
The high level monitoring committee (HLMC) appointed by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to monitor the twin hill station eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar, has no funds to call their own. Chairman of HLMC, Devrath Mehta, expressed his frustration to DNA in an interview on Wednesday …
The effective use of land resources for urbanisation, efficient management and for green buildings will be discussed by a conglomeration of town planners, architects, educationists and policy makers, during a three-day National Town and Country Planners
Facing high litigation and severe indictment from the Punjab and Haryana High Court over its controversial policy of releasing land under acquisition to private developers, Haryana has finally tweaked the policy.
This manual attempts to set out the systems and standard processes that could be followed for decentralised planning. It aims to provide guidance on how the considerable capacities of line departments and experts can from now on, subserve this process of empowered planning by local governance. This manual comprises two …
In a significant upgradation of its agromet services for farmers, the Government will now provide district specific weather information with a longer-range forecast that will enable them to manage agricultural practices in a more efficient way. Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday launched the upgraded agromet services provided …
State government has constituted two new districts Alirajpur and Singrauli and 13 new Tahasils. New Tahasils have come into existence right from today while Alirajpur and Singrauli districts would come into being on May 17 and 24 respectively. Entire Alirajpur, Jobat and Jhabra Tahasils have been included in the newly-constituted …
