The mountain grackle is on the verge of extinction due to its exquisite human voice. The tribals of Bastar capture the young ones of these birds and sell to various middlemen who in turn sell them to

A sub-project 'Border District Cluster' has been started in about five districts of Madhya Pradesh with the help of UNICEF. The scheme has been implemented with a view to reduce the death rate of the

Thousands of hectares of forest cover in Madhya Pradesh has been rendered 'no man's land', an issue that has become a thorn between the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and the State

Water sources in as many as 2325 villages of Madhya Pradesh have been found to be contaminated by flouride in quantities in excess of the permissable limit. The figures do not cover the entire state

The World Bank is carrying out an appraisal of the first phase of joint forestry management project in Madhya Pradesh which it funded before considering sanction of the second

A contagious disease survey programme is being implemented in Madhya Pradesh, in association with National Contagious Disease Institute, Delhi. This has been planned with a view to check outbreak of

With a view to promoting silk industry in Madhya Pradesh, work on an ambitious Sericulture Project has begun in Sarguja district with active participation of self-help groups of rural women,

The Supreme Court ban on felling of trees and transport of wood has created a severe dearth of wood in Madhya Pradesh. The decision and consequent paucity of wood has hit even the cremation of the

As many as 80 management schemes have been chalked out under social forestry so far in Madhya Pradesh to facilitate scientific utilization of the trees standing on agricultural fields of villagers.

The Madhya Pradesh government has identified 14,894 child labourers in the state of whom 11,209 were found engaged in hazardous