Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 6444/2021 in the matter of Ratiram Ahirwar & Others Vs Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board & Others dated 13/07/2021. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in exercise of his power under Section 22 of the Building and Other Construction …
IN AN effort to reposition themselves as the leader of the developing world, the BASIC countries sought to build up pressure on the rich countries to deliver on their promise of funds. At the same time, the four advanced developing countries
Jan. 21: Responding to the havoc caused by floods in five districts of the state during October last year, the World Bank has agreed to sanction Rs 6,000 crores as aid through external funding agency, and sought proposals from the state government. The state government had submitted a report to …
ANDREW CAWTHORNE and CATHERINE BREMER PORT-AU-PRINCE The pace of food and medical aid deliveries picked up in earthquake shattered Haiti, providing some hope to desperate survivors, but doctors worried disease would be the next big challenge for the tens of thousands left injured and homeless a week ago. Medical teams …
ANDREW CAWTHORNE and CATHERINE BREMER PORT-AU-PRINCE World leaders pledged aid to rebuild a devastated Haiti, but on the streets of its wrecked capital earthquake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for the basics: food, water and medicine. Five days after a 7.0 magnitude quake killed up to 200,000 people, international …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a $5 million assistance to quake-ravaged Haiti towards relief measures. "India stands by the government and people of Haiti in their hour of need. We would like to make an immediate cash donation of $5 million as a token of our solidarity with the people …
A year after India decided to refuse World Bank aid for tiger conservation, Ministry of Environment and Forests is considering accepting aid from the Bank for moving forest dwellers out of tiger reserves. Initial discussions within the ministry have not found favour with conservationists, who stress that World Bank, which …
India is considered a developing country and has been striving hard to come in the category of developed countries. With the globalization of economy, breaking of economic barriers, opening of Indian markets for foreign investors, preponderance of consumer culture and growing inequalities, there is need to reassess the development process …
Aid for trade and climate change financing may be addressing similar objectives. If used in a complementary and reinforcing manner, they may help build the economic resilience and supplyside capacity LDCs need to adapt and mitigate climate change and link to the world economy on better terms. Climate change-related projects …
This paper will focus on the concept of additionality in the context of development assistance and climate finance, especially adaptation; analyse the synergies amongst the traditional development activities and adaptation programmes and their complementarity in terms of objectives; lay out some working definitions of additionality and its practical implications; identify …
Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftershock of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged by a failure to …
HARDEV SANOTRA Financial Chronicle COPENHAGEN The US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Thursday raised the level of pressure on China and India saying America will be willing to contribute to the $100 billion fund every year by 2020 for climate change, provided countries like China and India offer to …
Mata Amritanandamayi Math has declared flood relief to the tune of Rs 50 crore for Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. This was announced at a press briefing held at Bangalore by Abhayamrita Chaithanya, pro-chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. A team of brahmacharis and devotees will carry out the relief work which …
BHUBANESWAR: Three World Bank-aided National Highway projects worth over Rs 400 crore are facing undue delay despite warning from the Bank in project execution. Contract for widening and strengthening of 41-km stretch road from Taptapani to Berhampur was awarded in May last year while two other packages - 95-km long …
Rescuers pulled two women alive from their collapsed college, nearly two days after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, as cries for help from a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors on Friday. One of the survivors high-fived her rescuers as they carried her to safety. The …
Some of the most inaccessible and extremism-affected tiger reserves in India are set to get a booster shot: all the way from Scotland. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), through its Indian Foundation, is putting in a 1 million pound grant for the rehabilitation of forest based communities around Simlipal, …
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Manas sanctuary in Assam have been given a financial package for the year 2008-09, according to an environment ministry official The Centre has released nearly Rs 100 crores to five states to relocate villages in tiger reserves to free the animals from human …
Rich nations are diverting aid from other causes to pay to help poor countries fight the growing impact of climate change, according to a new Oxfam report on Wednesday. However, this will soon prove counterproductive and at least 4.5 million children could die unless additional funds are passed to developing …
With the rains gone, farmers in Dagana are estimating the damage caused by heavy and continuous rain last month, which include cultivated paddy fields, maize crops, irrigation channels and citrus mandarin (orange) trees. Six of the dzongkhag
During the launch of the 2009 MDG Gap Task Force Report on Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro highlighted that it is crucial to deliver on global poverty-fighting commitments in a word facing economic recession, food shortage and the continuing …
