This study compares basic transport and air quality indicators for 12 Indian cities. These indicators are reported in city development plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development between 2005 and 2007.
In the high court of judicature at Bombay criminal writ petition of 2008 on pesticide residues monitoring study analyzing self collected environmental and biota samples from Padre village in Kasargod district of Kerala for endosulfan residues.
The horticulture sector encompasses a wide range of crops e.g., fruit crops, vegetable crops, potato and tuber crops, ornamental crops, medicinal and aromatic crops, spices and plantation crops. India, with its wide variability of climate and soil, is highly favourable for growing a large number of horticultural crops. It is the fastest growing sector within agriculture.
The Maharashtra Forest Policy 2008 aims at raising forest cover in the state to a minimum of 33% (101.54 lakh hectares) of total land, as per the recommendations of the Planning Commission and the National Forest Policy, 1988. At present, the forest area in the state is around 20 per cent. Of this 56 per cent is in Vidarbha, five per cent in Marathwada and 39 per cent in western Maharashtra.
The impact of human activities on the earth's climate has been receiving increasing
attention with the recognition of the problem of global warming. The fact that a range of initiatives need to be taken to arrest the pace and reverse the accumulation of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions is widely accepted. However, the implications of such initiatives
The cement industry is experiencing a boom on account of the overall growth of the Indian economy primarily because of increased industrial activity, flourishing real estate business, growing construction activity, and expanding investment in the
