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 …
The government has undertaken a programme to replace about 150,000 diesel and conventional electricity-run irrigation pumps with solar-powered ones. According to the power and energy ministry, at present, the country has a total of about 1.66 million irrigation pumps. Of these, some 266,000 are electrically powered water pumps which consume …
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India - Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Report No. 2 of the year 2014) on Social, General and Economic Sectors (Non - Public Sector Undertakings) for the year ended 31st March 2013, has been laid on the table of the …
Water demand projections (WDPs) are widely used for future water resource planning. Accurate WDPs can reduce waste or scarcity associated with overdevelopment or underdevelopment, respectively, of water resources. Considering that the projection period of some WDPs have now passed, this paper examines how closely such past projected withdrawals match current …
The State economy of Assam has witnessed a picturesque change over the period from 2004-05 to 2013-14, as the primary sector witnessed a shift to service sector and the service sector has flourished rapidly in the State economy, says the report of the Economic Survey, Assam, 2013-14 tabled on the …
Severe drought and scorching heat has damaged over a million hectares of farmland in China's Henan and Inner Mongolia provinces, with no immediate relief in sight, state news agency Xinhua reported. Henan in central China is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years with precipitation at less than half of …
Tamil Nadu government today proposed to launch a Rs 11,420 crore project to improve the irrigation system in Cauvery river basin with the Central Water Commission (CWC) having already given its 'in-principle clearance' for the same. "A preliminary project proposal on Improvements and Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems in Cauvery basin …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government is heavily promoting Narendra Modi's pet project of linking rivers, as it seeks to address the desert state's drinking water and irrigation requirements. Two months after Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje took a small step towards launching the concept by announcing a small pilot project, the state …
LONDON: Giving up on beef will be more beneficial to the planet than driving cars. Scientists have confirmed that beef's environmental impact significantly that of other meat including chicken and pork with research showing that eating less red meat would be a better way for people to cut carbon emissions …
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on social, general and economic sectors (non-public sector undertakings). The report has been laid on the table of the Punjab State Legislature Assembly on 22-07-2014.
The Central Government has approved Rs 43 crore for purchase of 3,000 solar pumps in Chhattisgarh for irrigation purposes. The Central Government has prepared a special package to encourage use of solar energy across the country. In the Union budget, a provision has been made for the installation of more …
Amid Parliament passing the controversial bill on Polavaram project, BJP government in Chhattisgarh is now facing a piquant situation in taking a politically correct stand on the project that would submerge vast tract of land and displace a large number of tribals in state's southern tip. "So far the state …
BHUBANESWAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has recommended to the state government to streamline the procedure for allocation and utilization of water for irrigation, domestic use and industrial consumption after detecting that drinking water supply to majority of urban areas and irrigation facilities to nearly all of the state's …
Khammam: Adivasis to be affected by the Polavaram irrigation project are planning a long term agitation. They have chalked out a strategy to highlight the issue at the national level by organising human chains, bandhs, rasta rokos, hunger strike and other forms of protests. They want to involve environment and …
Chief Minister seeks technical support on various projects With the World Bank coming forth to fund projects for the promotion of religious, heritage, health and ethnic tourism, State Government was on Tuesday asked to work out various modalities so that Punjab was placed as a global destination on the international …
CHITRAL: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has completed a water supply scheme at a cost of Rs2.3 million, benefiting at least 400 households of Orghoch village. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, villagers, including Mohammad Wali Shah, Qazi Naeem, Mohammad Ilyas and others praised the SRSP for completing the project. …
The controversial Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill that allows transfer of seven mandals from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh is just a step away from being enacted into a law with the Rajya Sabha on Monday giving its assent amid protests from TRS and Congress members from Telangana. The bill was …
Khammam: The Indirasagar-Polavaram Multi-purpose Irrigation Project took a new turn with the passing of the Bill in the Lok Sabha, which paves the way for the Polavaram project in AP by merging seven mandals in Khammam district with Seemandhra. The Centre will now have to float a company called Polavaram …
Debate in Rajya Sabha on Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The Minister of Home Affairs Shri Raj Nath Singh informed Rajya Sabha that " Rajya Sabha had passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill on 20th February. The Rajya Sabha had passed the Bill without any amendments. The Bill received …
