Bihar

the Bihar government on December 28, 2007 announced a Rs 43 crore subsidy for sugar mills in Bihar to help clear the Rs 90 crore arrear of the crushing season 2006-07 to cane growers. The rest of

Publication Date:

30/01/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Sugar Industry, Subsidies, India, Bihar

India

Centre fund for rural development mismanaged

the Backward Region Grant Fund

Publication Date:

29/11/2007

Author(s): Sandip Das

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Rural Development, Planning, Village Level Planning, Finance, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Governance, Ministry Of Rural Development, Panchayats, NGO, India, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Industry

Floods blacked out but real

I read newspapers and I watch the news unfold on scores of television channels. But in spite of these sources that keep me informed about current affairs, I would not know that floods are still

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20071015

pp:

10

Tags:

Rivers, Water Management, Waterborne diseases, Dams, Reservoirs, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Floods, Hydrology, Information, Media, TV, Press, India, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall

India

Kala azar spreads to Gujarat, MP

kala-azar is spreading. Two cases of the disease, usually found in eastern parts of India, have been reported from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The pathogen could spread in the area because

Publication Date:

14/09/2007

Author(s): Sumana Narayanan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecology, Climate Change, Health Care, Medical Research, Vector Control, Kala Azar, AIDS, India, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Climate

Natural Disasters

Ridges of disaster

The Task Force for Flood Management and Erosion Control Report of 2004 iterates what the Centre For Science and Environment publication (State of the Environment 1991) had said. It notes that the

Publication Date:

14/09/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070915

pp:

0

Tags:

Floods, Flood Control, CSE, Bihar, Jharkhand

India

Floods are becoming more complex

only Bihar experienced floods this year. Other places suffered water logging. The statement on the recent deluge in large parts of the country might have been dismissed as ludicrous verbiage, had

Publication Date:

14/09/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070915

pp:

0

Tags:

Climate Change, Floods, Research Agencies, India, Bihar, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall

Agriculture

Aquatic vegetation - A potential support for rural economy

Aquatic vegetation is generally considered as nuisance plant communities which cause hindrance to aquaculture practice, resulting in the loss of aquaculture yields. Despite all these disadvantages, the importance of freshwater vegetation and their resources to human welfare can not be neglected rather invites attention too.

Publication Date:

01/09/2007

Author(s): R. N. Mandal, G. S. Saha

Source: Agricultural Situation in India

Vol:

64

Issue:

6

pp:

251-255

Tags:

Aquatic Plants, Water Treatment Technology, Natural Fertilisers, Vegetables, Food Security, West Bengal, Food Supply, Medicinal Plants, Bihar, Nutrition, Wetlands, India, Agriculture

Agriculture

Nepal radio plays saviour in Bihar floods

A Nepalese community radio station has become the only source of news for flood-hit villagers in Bihar's Darbhanga district. Radio Janakpur is a popular station for people in Bihar's Darbhanga

Publication Date:

30/08/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Floods, Information, Media, Radio, Nepal, Bihar, Darbhanga (D), Sitamarhi (D)