India

 Respite to eco victims

the ministry of environment and forests (mef), in collaboration with the General Insurance Corporation of India, is planning to establish an Environment Relief Fund to provide relief to victims of

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
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Tags:
Disaster Management, Compensation, Industry, India
Mining

 Reaching the limits to growth

THE PACIFIC island-state of Nauru, once abundant in phosphates deposited by birds, now lies devastated and desolate. Most of the phosphate was mined by Australia and royalties made the Nauruans one

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
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Tags:
Environment, Compensation, Birds, Australia, Nauru, Mining
India

 Ousted by an IIT

IN 1987, the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi offered to set up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Assam as one of the sops to quell the student agitation in the state. Five years later, the

Publication Date: 
14/02/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Displacement, Compensation, India, Assam

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