The tiger census to be carried out in 2010 will see more camera traps being installed in the field to capture the movements of big cats. This, among other strategies, will be employed for census.
The training of UP Forest officials conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India under Project Tiger for carrying out the census completed at the Corbett National Park recently.
To ensure the works being carried out under the NREGS are transparent and qualitative the state government has introduced the social audit system which will also make the working agencies accountable for any lapses.
Amidst reports of synthetic milk being supplied in the open market, the state government has asked various cooperative milk federations to pull up their socks or get ready to face action.
There is a shortfall of around 60,000 litre milk everyday. Kanpur is bearing the brunt with a daily shortfall of 20,000 litres.
Protesting against largescale land acquisition for the proposed Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) in four districts of west Uttar Pradesh, the Communist Party of India announced a five-month-long agitation plan on Wednesday.
Giving rest of a big political debate on land acquisition which had arisen following the notification of over 800 villages to be included Yamuna Expressway authority, the UP government has clarified that the village land was not being acquired for the expressway, but just being notified to prevent unplanned development alongside the high-profile project.
Apprehending that farmers were turning away from cane farming due to the apathetic attitude of the Centre and state governments, the BJP has demanded the cane price be fixed at Rs 300 per quintal for upcoming crushing season.
With prices of pulses shooting up more than double in last one year it has gone beyond reach of common man, the UP government aiming to increase pulse production is doing, what it can do the best.
The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 1,332 crore to reclaim sodic land in 27 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta said here on Monday.
The Uttar Pradesh Government has sought a special package from Union Government of Rs 7789 crore to fight drought, an official spokesman said here on Thursday.
The State Agriculture Minister Chaudhry Laxmi Narain met the Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi and requested him to release the relief package at the earliest.
