Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Gaurav Jain Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 27/02/2024. The matter related to non-forest activities and non-compliances of environment clearance and forest clearance conditions by Larsen & Toubro Limited along with Narmada Valley Development …
Gujarat State Fertilisers Company Ltd (GSFC) has launched its Sardar Package Scheme in 41 talukas (sub-divisions) spread across 19 districts in the state to promote use of renewable energy in irrigation, a top official said today. "The scheme has been launched in Vyara village of Waghodiya taluka in Vadodara. The …
Since its foundation stone laying ceremony conducted around 55 years back, the Gujarat Government has spent near Rs47,000 crore for Sardar Sarovar Dam being constructed on River Narmada, said Gujarat Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama in the House during ongoing Budget Session of the Gujarat Assembly. Chudasama also admitted that despite expenditure …
The government is considering various options to ensure the smooth passage of the controversial land acquisition amendment Bill, listed for tabling in the Lok Sabha on Monday, in both Houses of Parliament. According to officials in the know, some of the alterations to the proposed amendment Bill might make it …
The State government plans to make recycling of water mandatory for major and medium industries, Water Resources Minister M B Patil said on Saturday. Speaking after inaugurating a workshop - Mirco Irrigation: A Way Forward - he said the existing industries will be given three years’ time to set up …
Despite receiving excess rainfall during the north-east monsoon season, Tamil Nadu is bracing for an acute water crises this summer with several reservoirs, including Mettur, drying up fast. Sources from the Public Works Department (PWD) said water at Mettur, the lifeline of delta farmers, plunged to 74 feet on Sunday …
A decision has been taken to extend the validity of environmental clearance from five to seven years, government told the Lok Sabha today. In his reply, Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said that a decision has been taken in the ministry for extending the …
It seems that protection of environment and forests is no more the agenda of MOEFCC. The same path is being followed by the State government of U.P. which in spite of saving its natural resources, is deeply responsible for violation of Article 48 A of the Indian constitution which casts …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on small and medium irrigation projects in Maharashtra, 02/03/2015. According to the latest released publication on Land Use Statistics at a glance, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, the gross unirrigated/rainfed area in the country is 103716 thousand hectares (provisional data for the …
Agricultural water has been for decades viewed under conventional irrigation attention in terms of public investment to other agricultural water management practices, such as rain water harvesting, that are of much relevance for smallholder-based cases. This among the key message of the Sourcebook on Water-Smart Agriculture in East Africa edited …
Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity and diversity of foods consumed within the household, income generation, and women’s empowerment. However, current evidence on the topic is diluted across many different publications. This …
Based on primary data collected from 105 farming households spread across three districts and nine villages of central Punjab, this study examines groundwater depletion and consequent shifts of the farmers from centrifugal to submersible pumps. It also documents adaptation strategies of farmers in response to groundwater depletion. Owing to groundwater …
The state cabinet has given a go ahead for distribution of over 7540 solar powered agricultural pumps in the state. It will be on a pilot basis under a Central scheme. State cabinet on Tuesday decided to allocate Rs 22.25 crore for the project estimated to cost Rs 445 crore. …
The 14th Finance Commission has recommended a record 10% increase in the states' share in the Union taxes to 42%, which has been accepted by the Centre and will give the states an additional Rs 1.78 lakh crore in 2015-16. The report of the Commission, headed by former RBI Governor …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Gajanan Balaram Patil Vs City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) dated 23/02/2015 regarding construction project in Sector 36 (Plot No.2) and 37, at Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, district Raigad carried out by CIDCO. The Applicant has stated that …
LUCKNOW: The irrigation department is working on a plan to connect the Gaughat pumping station with a distributary of Sharda Canal near it to draw water during emergency. The Gaughat station supplies water to both Balaganj and Aishbagh waterworks (about 300MLD), feeding about 25 lakh people every day. But, the …
Condemning Karnataka’s proposal to construct three dams across River Cauvery, members of Cauvery Protection Movement attempted to picket the Central government office in Tiruchengode here on Wednesday. However, the police removed over 200 persons. Members began their rally from Anna Statue near Old Bus Stand and were on their way …
Seek action at the earliest to protect the standing crops in their fields Farmers from Kammalampatty and Vadavedampatty villages near Sulur, who were at the Coimbatore Collectorate for the weekly grievances redress meeting, have alleged that a few persons dug unauthorised borewells close to the PAP main canal and conveyed …
With a majority of the state’s marginal farmers finding it tough to carry on with agriculture owing to different reasons, the Punjab government has sought the World Bank’s help to progress in the field of crop diversification. About 65 per cent of the Punjabis are directly dependent on agriculture. The …
More than 50,000 malaivembu seedlings were distributed to private farms The Bio-Diversity and Greening Project of raising forest trees in private farms in the villages abutting the reserve forests with the Government subsidy has proved a success in Sennamapatti Forest Range in the district. Under a special project, the Forest …
Maharashtra government has been warned of decline in food grain production in the year 2014-15 because of prolonged drought situation in some parts of state. The state focus paper (2015-16) of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development discussed with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis warns, “There will be a …
