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India

 Unlearning the present

In the wild west of India

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
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Lake Pollution, Politics, India, Uttar Pradesh, Corruption
Wildlife

 Crisis mismanagement

Africa is reeling under a double whammy. As if the erratic weather pattern that has led to a widespread famine was not enough, corruption and mismanagement has compounded the people's misery. Two

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Starvation, Floods, Drought, Famine, Aid Agencies, Africa, Corruption
India

 Rogue illusionists

A village crops up in the heart of a forest as three government employees cook the books

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
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Forests, Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Land Encroachments, Land Reclamation, Agriculture, Irrigation, Deforestation, Rehabilitation, Legislation, High Court, India, Uttar Pradesh, Corruption
Climate Change

 Forest row

Role of politicians, top officials suspected in Kerala s encroachment tangle

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Surendranath C
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Forest Conservation, Endangered Species, Flora, Governance, Kerala, Corruption
India

 Illegally yours

Increasing incidence of lawlessness shows hand of corruption

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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Legislation, Supreme Court, Governance, India, Delhi, Corruption
Natural Disasters

 kenya

With an aim to root out corruption, Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi has banned allocation of public land to individuals. Environmental groups have welcomed the ban but expressed scepticism about its

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Reforms, Legislation, NGO, Africa, Kenya, Corruption
Water Pollution

 graft alleged

The Sunsari-Morang irrigation project in Nepal has been mired in a corruption controversy. It

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Irrigation, Nepal, Corruption
Environment

 Getting files that matter

Goa s experiment with the Right to Information has a lesson or two for the country

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Private Sector, Information, Legislation, Right To Information (RTI), Political Parties, India, Goa, Corruption
India

 Drought of relief

Drought-proofing is a far cry. The drought of 2001 in 11 states of India is likely to go down as one of the worst in the past century. Government drought relief schemes fail due to bad planning and corruption. It can"t even provide short-term relief to th

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Tags:
Drought Prone Areas, Water Resources, Drought, Drought Relief, Famine, Planning, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Corruption
India

 Out of focus

The government’s drought relief programmes are bound to fail in the long run. Even the Planning Commission acknowledges that funds for the drought relief is becoming illegal income for officials, politicians and contractors

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Tags:
Drought Prone Areas, Water Resources, Drought, Drought Relief, Famine, Planning, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Corruption

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