Energy

RIL's KG-D6 starts production

Mukesh AmbaniMukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL), which discovered the world

Publication Date: 
02/04/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Oil Exploration, Andhra Pradesh, Reliance Petrochemicals
Climate Change

Climate sensitivity of Indian agriculture

Climate change impact studies on agriculture are broadly based on
agronomic-economic approach and Ricardian approach. The Ricardian
approach, similar in principle to the Hedonic pricing approach of

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
K.S. Kavi Kumar
Madras School of Economics
Tags:
Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, India, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

Marketing and post-harvest losses in fruits: Its implications on availability and economy

The overall objective of the paper is to assess the post-harvest losses in major fruits both in physical and economic terms at different stages of handling and to develop strategies to reduce these losses.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
D. Sreenivasa Murthy, T. M. Gajanana, M. Sudha & et al
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics
64
2
259
Tags:
Agriculture, Banana, Horticulture, Food Prices, Post Harvest Losses, Mango, Market Based Instruments, Farmers, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Water Resources

Water level fluctuation in Nagavali Vamsadhara watershed of north coastal district of Andhra Pradesh

The availability, development and management of ground water plays a vital role in the sustainable development of coastal regions. The difference between the recharge and discharge from the aquifer decides the level of water table. Water table generally rises during the monsoon as the rainfall infiltrates into the subsurface ground and the water table is lowered during summer.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
K. S. S. S. N. Reddy, Mahabooba Sultana
Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers
2009
2
44
Tags:
Water Resources, Groundwater Recharge, Watershed Development, Andhra Pradesh, Srikakulam (D)
Governance And Institutions

Silent but successful initiative

The Andhra Pradesh government, quietly and unobtrusively, has achieved something quite remarkable: the conduct of the social audit for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) using the RTI Act; and therefore sown the seeds for a non-violent revolution in less than two years.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Lalit Mathur
Panchayati Raj Update
16
4
8
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Governance And Institutions, Right To Information (RTI), Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, Andhra Pradesh
Health

Cell tower now a roof menace

March 31: Having a cellphone tower atop the roof is proving to be a risky proposition for the owners of the high-rise buildings as also residents in the vicinity.
In a recent case, residents in First Lancer at Humayun Nagar in Mehdipatnam have registered a complaint with the Humayun Nagar police station on Tuesday, against the menace of cellphone towers in the area.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Health Effects, Radiation, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (T), Electronics
Energy

RIL stops KG oil output for 45 days

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has once again shut down crude oil production at its predominantly gas-rich KG-D6 block to hook up more wells that will raise the output to a peak of 40,000 barrels per day.

Reliance shut down production at the MA field on the midnight of March 22 for 45 days to connect more oils that will raise the output, a source said.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Oil Exploration, Andhra Pradesh
Dams/ Irrigation

 Suit against dam

View image Polavaram hydropower project will flood Orissa

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Ashutosh Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Godavari, Dams/ Irrigation, Polavaram, Floods, Displacement, Tribals, Koya, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Andhra Pradesh, West Godavari, Orissa (Odisha), Malkangiri (D)
Health

Fluorosis victims struggle for rights

P. Sridhar

Tirupathamma says she is not contesting to win, only to raise her voice against government apathy

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Fluoride, Fluorosis, Andhra Pradesh, Nalgonda (D)
Wildlife

Jumbo issue awaits leaders

March 29: Elephant menace is a jumbo poll issue in four Assembly and two Lok Sabha constituencies in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Chittoor districts in the state.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2009
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor (D), Srikakulam (D), Vizianagaram (D), Animal Menace

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