The United Nations Environemnt Programme (UNEP) has been directed by its Governing Council to cut its administrative costs and divert the savings accuring from it and other available funds to

Strengthening the joint forest management and ensuring better financial benefits to those associated with the forest conservation programmes are the key areas getting attention in the new guidelines

The temporary measures adopted by the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) in management of fly ash generated in the Indraprastha power station in the Capital are inadequate to meet the pollution control

another hurdle for dyers: Even while the dyers and bleachers in Tirupur are grappling with the pollution problem, another announcement that they should also get the consent of the Directorate of Town

Haryana, which ranks second in per hectare production of garlic in the country, is now emerging as a trend-setter in popularising the production of this bulb crop which is a major foreign exchange

The Kerala Health Minister, Mr. A.C. Shanmughadas, has said that a scheme for providing free treatment to leprosy patients will be implemented soon to eradicate the disease from the State by 2000

The number of people, affected by natural and man made disasters in the country every year, is estimated to touch 300 to 500 million by the turn of the 21st century. This was disclosed at a seminar

The Alternative Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), University of Roorkee has recommended irrigation measures involving a cost of Rs. 16 crores for the Darjeeling tea gardens to effect a 10 to 15 per cent

The Delhi Government will plant 22 lakh saplings in the capital in 1998-99 as part of a drive to increase the city's green cover and make it pollution

The Union Health Ministry has announced an action plan for the anti-malaria month, to be observed in

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