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Climate Change

The Year of Opportunity for a Sustainable Future

2015 is a critical year for humanity. Our civilization has never faced such existential risks as those associated with global warming, biodiversity erosion and resource depletion. Our societies have never had such an opportunity to advance prosperity and eradicate poverty.

Publication Date: 
22/04/2015
Earth League
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Infrastructure Development, Sea Level Rise, Carbon Dioxide, France, Climate Impacts, Budget, Green House Gases
Land

Land ordinance to be tabled today as LS session resumes

Combined Opposition attack to be sharper than it was in first half

Publication Date: 
20/04/2015
KV Prasad
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land, Farmers, Legislation, Parliament, Budget
Sanitation

56 lakh homes have no toilets in rural Maharashtra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be strongly pitching for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but the sanitation conditions in rural Maharashtra present a horrific reality.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Toilets, Rural Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Budget, Sanitation
Land

Govt to pay farmers 4 times the value of land acquired

For this purpose, government in its Budget has earmarked a sum of Rs 50 crore as initial contribution against payment to those whose claims have been settled.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2015
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Land Acquisition, Compensation, Air Transport, Budget, Land
Forests

Centre mulls giving 90 per cent afforestation fund to states

In a bid to boost afforestation activities, the Centre is mulling to hand over 90 per cent of the Rs 36,000-crore Compensatory Afforestation Management Fund directly to all the states, Union Minist

Publication Date: 
25/03/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Afforestation, Forest Management, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation, Budget, Forests
Dams/ Irrigation

Government spends over Rs 43,000 cr on Narmada project

A phenomenal Rs 43,600 crore have already been spent on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project, the state government informed the Gujarat Assembly on Monday.

Publication Date: 
24/03/2015
Indian Express (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T), Narmada, Dams, Canal Irrigation, Budget, Vadodara (D), Bharuch
Economy

Long on announcements, short on intent

The first full-year budget of the National Democratic Alliance government announced a sharp focus on investment, growth and social security. In addition, Budget 2015-16 claims to have given a boost to cooperative federalism. The budget indeed makes numerous impressive-sounding announcements, but stumbles in the details. This article focuses on the attention-grabbing push for investments and finds that the target of Rs 70,000 crore investment may be over-ambitious.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2015
Ajit Karnik, Mala Lalvani
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Budget, Political Parties, Infrastructure Development, India, Statistics, Finance, Public Sector, Subsidies, LPG, Food Security, Farmers
Environment

Tripura excels in rural scheme

Agartala, March 15: Despite declining sanction of funds from the Centre, Tripura is all set to emerge as the best implementing state of MGNREGA scheme.

Publication Date: 
16/03/2015
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Tripura, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Budget, Rural Development, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Rural Water Supply, Health Care, Waterborne diseases
Transport

Cycles to plug gaps in Dwarka's transport network

NEW DELHI: By mid to end of 2015, docking stations set up near Metro, bus stops and commercial hubs in Dwarka will let people avail bicycle rides.

Publication Date: 
16/03/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Cycles, Dwarka, Budget, Transport
Water Supply

Legislators to meet CM to demand funds for Yettinahole project

Legislators from the parched Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru Rural districts have decided take a delegation to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, urging him to allocate adequate funds for

Publication Date: 
16/03/2015
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Kolar, Chikkaballapur (D), Bangalore (D), Budget, Drinking Water

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